"I won't apologize for you being a dick to me."
It just came to me. Someone else may have come up with it, I'm sure they did, but it came to me as I was writing a story. As I think back on all the jackasses I've encountered in this past year, this quote seems really appropriate. I've been through one of the toughest years of my life, and it was punctuated by a number of people who were just plain old mean---at times. Sometimes, there is a large amount of sweetness in the world. Other times, the saying "kick a dog when its down," applies.
As we go into 2009, I'd like to offer this quote, lifted straight from some future fiction of mine, as a gift to all of you (all four of my readers). Take it to heart, say it often when someone is treating you like you are an out-of-control (and drunken) Blanche Dubois right after a gang bang with fat Cajuns.
In fact, use it so much you turn it into a cliche. And if you have an alternative suggestion, please send it to me. I'd love to collect pithy comebacks to give the jackasses I invariably encounter.
