Here's the funny thing about the world coming to an end. Once it gets going, it doesn't seem to stop.

Even the rats are drowning,' Alex said. Nah,' Kevin said. 'They've been taking swimming lessons at the Y.

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.

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

Sometimes the rules don't work. Sometimes the rules cause the anarchy.

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

But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.