Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
Source: Slaves of New York, Modern Saint 271, 1986.
-- Tama Janowitz, (Apr 12 1957-____), US novelist; She is the best-selling author of Slaves of New York, 1986; starred in the first literary video on MTV, A Cannibal in Manhattan, 1987.