“I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.”

“The interest I felt in certain guys then confused me, because it wasn't romantic, but I wasn't sure what else it might be. But now I know: I wanted to take up people's time making jokes, to tease the dean in front of the entire school, to call him by a nickname. What I wanted was to be a cocky high-school boy, so fucking sure of my place in the world.”

“I didn't move for probably ten more minutes. I wasn't sure if I could. If I moved, I just might shatter.”

“Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Cokequalified as a disaster.”

“I wasn't sure who I was most scared of at the moment. The stranger I was learning about too quickly, or the woman I'd known my entire life that was quickly becoming a stranger.”

“Donny recovered herself. “Dude, that was the seventh sign of the apocalypse. I’m so not going to class on the last day of the world.”