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1 " They were meant to carry you. Not just when it’s convenient. Not just when you were small. For your entire life. You were brought into the world to be loved, and guided, and carried. That’s the deal they made, the day you were born. "
― Katie Henry , Let's Call It a Doomsday
2 " I wonder what the men in my family could do if the women didn't treat them simultaneously like kings and children. "
3 " She talks about me like I'm a rug that clashes with every room in the house. Like a cat that won't stop clawing at the curtains. She talks about me like she has buyer's remorse. "
4 " She waves the question off. "Don't worry about it."I hate it when people say that. I hate that they assume it's an option for me, I hate that."Of course I'm going to worry!" I shout at her, throwing my hands up. "I'm not capable of not worrying about it. It's built into my faulty toaster of my brain, "
5 " Was your note sweet?" Tal says. "No, not really, you cursed someone with death by piano.""He wouldn't necessarily have died," I point out."So it wasn't sweet. So what? It was compassionate, it was righteous. It was good. Good is different than sweet. Good is so much better. "
6 " The end of the world is almost here," I say. And then, even though he won't get the Book of Revelation reference, "Surely, it comes quickly.""God," he says through gritted teeth. "I really want to make a sex joke right now. But you've ruined it. You've ruined it with the apocalypse. "
7 " She waves the question off. "Don't worry about it."I hate it when people say that. I hate that they assume it's an option for me, I hate that."Of course I'm going to worry!" I shout at her, throwing my hands up. "I'm not capable of not worrying about it. It's built into my faulty toaster of my brain, of course I'm going to worry. "
8 " You're a member, you're LDS.""What?" Theo says."LDS," I repeat."No, this is weed," Sam says. "
9 " You didn't want an éclair?" I ask, meeting him in the middle.He wrinkles his nose. "I don't actually like chocolate."That's practically blasphemy for someone raised Mormon. Sugar is our only vice. "