Ryan

“In stray moments above the surface, I'd sometimes wonder if there were people at the head of the bed, standing there silently, waiting to see if I'd respond to the presence of other people in the room. I'd say something from time to time just to check: "Hey?" or "Are you there?" This is different from calling out into a cave or well; it's a form of prayer.”
― John Darnielle, Wolf in White Van

“As we mine out the landfills (at least they left us a lot of plastic to reuse; that was thoughtful) and burrow into basements and archives seeking the books that our ancestors did not burn to survive winters, you feel it sometimes, rage filling you like an updraft of hot air from a fire, lifting you from the shoulders or blowing through you like a tornado—rage that we missed it, missed it all, and rage at those who got to have it in the specific way that took it from us.”
― Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration of Clouds

“What has been broken has been broken in a way that can no longer be fixed.”
― Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration of Clouds

“People were expensive; the way to display, or to enjoy, great wealth was to build an enviornment that could only have been wrought, and could only be sustained from one hour to the next, by unceasing human effort.”
― Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock