"Loopier than a snake in a garden hose."
Malcolm Azania, is a Kenyan-Canadian novelist, teacher, writer, and journalist. He is primarily known by his pen name, Minister Faust. In addition to writing science fiction, he is a playwright, journalist, teacher, and poet. He has also written video games. He was writer in residence at the University of Alberta, 2014–2015.
"They’re everything that’s wrong in this instant-coffee and microwave age. ‘I want it now.’ There used to be that romantic image of going off to Tibet and climbing the mountain to speak to the wise man. And when you got to the top, he could tell you the truths of the universe. Now people wanna take a helicopter to the top—or e-mail him!"
"“Never,” said the man to Rap’s silent consideration, “underestimate the stupidity of anybody who wants to be a saviour.”"
"There’re two types of the people in the world. Those who do what they say they’re gonna do, and everybody else."
"The actual world isn’t solidly real for you if you’ve been treading water in an ocean of lies your whole life."
"We’re lynched on the rope of company credit."
"When people are suffering, they usually hurt the people closest to them, because those are the only ones left around."