Soft Apocalypse Quotes

“Carpe Diem, just remember that we're partying on the Titanic.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“Nietzsche said ‘What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger,’” Jim said to me as we slogged along another trash-strewn roadside." “Yeah, right,” I said. “How about radiation?”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“We sat in silence, staring out into the street, listening to the creak of the porch swing, the crickets, and the occasional gunshot.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“It was a reasonable argument. And for the past ten years things had only gotten worse. Blackouts, war, fifty-seven varieties of terrorists, water shortages, plagues. It reminded me of a story about frogs: if you put them in an open pot of water and turn on the burner, they just sit there and boil to death, because they’re not equipped to recognize and respond to gradual changes in water temperature. They could jump out at any time, but there never comes a time when their little brains judge it’s time to jump. So they cook. I”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“In my psychology class, I learned that bettors are more confident about the horses they pick after they place their bets.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“Maybe part of having integrity is surrounding yourself with people who have integrity, so that yours is never tested.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“I woke from a dream in which I was walking on cookies. Lots of cookies—enough to carpet the ground. That’s it, not much of a dream, not very profound or insightful. Dreams become less insightful, less draped in deep symbolism, when you’re hungry.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“There was a commotion at the front of the gallery. I turned to see a priest standing in the doorway holding an assault rifle in one hand, an unlit cigar in the other.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“Even through this awful time, people were still inventing things. I just wasn’t seeing it, just like people in third world countries never saw it.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“I knew her type. She’d had some bad dating experiences and now she focused more on what she didn’t want than what she did want. Avoidance dating. She was already angry with me for the thoughtless things I would potentially do if we dated. When”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“given that no punches had been thrown in either direction, I didn’t feel a need to take sides. As far as I was concerned there were no bad guys when it came to breakups. Bad guys had guns, and forced you to eat things.”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“They had turned brown or blue and rotted. Brown and blue, the real colors of death. Who made black the color of death? Black was the color of night, and the potential of a cool breeze. “Just”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“Pain has its own half-life; words don’t change that. There”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse

“Maybe part of having integrity is surrounding yourself with people who have integrity, so that yours is never tested. “All”
― Will McIntosh, Soft Apocalypse