Gertie

“Dinner that evening is a simple affair: canned peaches and cold canned chili and half an apple each.”
― J.D. Palmer, The Meek

“Country’s friggin’ dying, man, you have to triage the motherfucker.”
― Jess Row, The Empties

“In the first couple of weeks there were big piles of trash outside every house. All the stuff you couldn’t find another use for and couldn’t compost. Yogurt cups, torn trash bags, dirty diapers, hair-spray cans, paper towels. Sometimes you’d see a pile that was as high as your waist. Nathan said it was a purge, a cleanse. But you could just as well say that who we were went out with the empties. We will never get our selves back.”
― Jess Row, The Empties

“The safest course was actually the simplest—do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn’t a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.”
― Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey