Wake Me After the Apocalypse Quotes

“Joanna twisted in her seat to look back. Blake was staring out the van window, muscular arms folded over his chest, tears streaming steadily down his face.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“A twenty-six-year-old man announced he was going to put himself to sleep until his fifteen-year-old neighbor turned twenty-two so he could date her without it being creepy. Naturally, most people thought it was pretty creepy anyway, including the girl, who ended up marrying her college sweetheart on her twentieth birthday.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“What had she really offered the team? Sure, she was an optimist. She prided herself on always moving forward. But even that failed her now, when her lack of foresight had consequences.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Live streams cropped up to follow the progress of the comet, which was dubbed Brandon—a nickname that annoyed Joanna to no end.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Time had been gentler on the surface of the earth than the acts of man.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Keep it simple. All you need is rope and the right kind of knot.” She paused in the midst of examining a heavy nylon coil. “And maybe you should stop talking to yourself.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Her classmates were evenly split between those obliterating their sorrows in carnal pleasures and those wanting to experience all the natural wonders of Mother Earth in her sunset days. Most had embarked on a sordid campaign of sex, drugs, and camping trips. That was Seattle for you.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Being a ghost would be pretty pointless if there were no people left to haunt.”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse

“Silence!”
― Jordan Rivet, Wake Me After the Apocalypse