Grasshopper Jungle

I always bring back books for the library. Books have everything in them. After the end of the world, you cannot learn a goddamned thing from a computer or a television screen.

There is nothing more deeply frightening for a sixteen-year-old boy than confronting the possibility of losing his penis.

"I don’t care if you’re queer,” Robby said. “Queer is just a word. Like orange. I know who you are. There’s no one word for that."