The Way the World Ends Quotes

“they jokingly refer to it as “pretraumatic stress disorder,” but the feelings themselves are no joke: anger, hopelessness, depression, panic—a recurring nightmare in which you see the tsunami on the horizon but can’t convince anyone to leave the beach.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“Who could believe that in such overwhelming beauty exists such fragility?”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“Starbucks is, unsurprisingly, the only thing open in this storm, commerce’s cockroach.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“Meanwhile we’re encouraging women to freeze their eggs,” Dr. Molson says. “Why? Seven billion people on the planet, each new baby a tiny climate disaster unto himself.” She tells them about a Swedish study that found that each American child brought into the world means another fifty-eight metric tons of carbon dioxide. To offset the carbon footprint of one more American baby, 684 teenagers would have to become impeccable recyclers who gave up air travel for the rest of their lives.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“Starbucks is, unsurprisingly, the only thing open in this storm, commerce’s cockroach”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“—The current criminal administration is riffling the pockets of this dying patient, thieves stealing all they can while gutting environmental regulations and, for good measure, opting out of the Paris Accord, giving the finger to a world just beginning to understand the danger.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“An ignorant orange grifter was elected president and turned science denial into official government position.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends

“He puts his ear closer, against the door. Shit. Marvin Gaye. Marvin Gaye + Do Not Disturb = middle-aged people having sex.”
― Jess Walter, The Way the World Ends