All I wanted was you. I tore down my wall for you. Now it's been rebuilt.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

And a woman needs a man to protect her from other men. Well, women used to. . . . Things have changed. Women are in the Middle East, fighting and protecting men now.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

A woman of European heritage sporting a preacher's collar had the opposite effect of a Muslim woman wearing a hijab. She used her privilege and the favored religion to look like a golden child.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

DNA predisposes a certain behavior, but if your environment doesn't support it, then that behavior won't manifest. When people don't have opportunity, they have to create their own opportunities

— Eric Jerome Dickey

Hate isn't healthy, it damages the hater more than the one who's hated!

— Eric Jerome Dickey

... honesty is like seeing a crackhead up close: it ain’t that fucking attractive.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

I heard you on the phone with her. I happened to be in your arms, and you happened to be inside of me, balls deep from what I remember, so I felt the difference, felt what you felt for her, heard how your voice changed when you talked to her.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

It is silent, an anagram for listen. That is what I do. Listen while she remains silent.

— Eric Jerome Dickey

It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.

— Eric Jerome Dickey