7 quotes found
“A society manufactures the heroes it requires.”
“We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.”
“Pain could be killed. Sadness could not, but the drugs did shut its mouth for a time.”
“New York City in life was much like New York City in death. It was still hard to get a cab, for example.”
“Mark Spitz didn't ask about Harry. You never asked about the characters that disappeared from a Last Night story. You knew the answer. The plague had a knack for narrative closure.”
“Mark Spitz had met plenty of the divine-retribution folks over the months. This was their moment; they were umbrella salesmen standing outside a subway entrance in a downpour. The human race deserv...”
“Nowdays, Rosie the Rivetere was a former soccer mom who had just opened her own catering business when Last Night came down and her husband and kids were eaten by a parking attendant at the local m...”
