"This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world."
"His father had always said, Son, the most important thing in life is to make a contribution. Who would have thought Kittridge’s contribution would be video-blogging from the front lines of the apocalypse?"
"Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up."
"Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado?"
"The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant"
"Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, the blood surging in his veins, the drumlike beating of his heart. The bomb was dropping toward them."I've got you," he said, hugging Tim fiercely; and again, over and over, so that the boy would be hearing these words. "I've got you, I've got you, I've got you, I've got you."