“Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.”

“Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado?”

“This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.”

“His father had always said, Son, the most important thing in life is to make a contribution. Who would have thought Kittridges contribution would be video-blogging from the front lines of the apoca...”

“Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, t...”

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

“So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.”

“The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like.”