Erin

“The
last of his useless generation would die watching this down payment on chaos unspool.
Holly, Catherine, and their peers would witness civilization entering its violent
disintegration with a breakdown of the social order, mass starvation, disease, and
armed conflict over water and arable land.”
― Stephen Markley , The Deluge

“Grilled cheese. Ain’t a better meal on this earth.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“Yeah, well, time marches on. Getting caught up in causes don’t interest me. Not anymore. Especially when you see the scope of what this is.” He took the Heinz ketchup bottle from the condiment holder. “That’s the thing: Most people don’t understand this. The ingredients, what it goes on, where the energy comes from to create it, the ways the world’s gotta be directed and coaxed and violated and controlled to get this one little fucked bottle. And once you see how ketchup relates to imperial maintenance it’s tough to not get an overwhelmed quality to your thinking. Like one of them Magic Eye thingamajobs—hard the first time, but once you get it, you’ll never unsee it.”
― Stephen Markley, The Deluge

“But it was only while lolling around the basement or backyard that you’d settle into the anesthetizing effects of boredom, and with that monotony, your brain would kick into action, attempting to compensate. You might notice the world around you, both the minute and the grand, at its natural pace, letting go of the need to relentlessly move on to the next new thing.”
― Pamela Paul, 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet