But it was probably nothing." "Nothing is nothing anymore, Viv. - Kate Coyle

I will never understand why Believers cling to this kind of language, this relentless empty optimism, plus all! those! exclamation! points!

This whole country," says my grandmother evenly, "supports a culture of ignorance and anti-intellectualism which posits that not understanding a phenomenon is just as valid as understanding one, and frankly I'm sick of it.

That's part of the prophecy of the Rapture, right? The dead will rise and crash our parties?"
He laughs. "Do you really think that's a priority, for the reanimated corpses?"
"Absolutely," I say. "No French onion dip in purgatory.