Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids

I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.

Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet.

I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.

The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

Carlos was probably somewhere warm, eating three meals a day, and sleeping in a real bed. That was the life