253 quotes found
Author · American
American author
“To hold on, you have to find something you're willing to die for.”
“And it occurs to me that there’s no real difference between us, the living and the dead; it’s just a matter of tense: past-dead and future-dead”
“We have just discovered our dear colleague butchered in a hotel room, and you wish to discuss literature?”
“Too many people say something when they really have nothing to say.”
“His body is pressed against my back, his arm is wrapped protectively around my waist, his breath a delicious tickle against my neck. The room is very cold; it would be nice to climb under the cover...”
“Do you believe in God, Evan?”“Sure I do.”“I don’t. I mean, I don’t know. I did before the Others came. Or thought I did, when I thought about it at all. And then they came and…” I have to stop for ...”
“Beyond their immaculate design, the reason sharks rule the ocean is their complete indifference to everything except feeding, procreation, and defending their territory. The shark does not love. It...”
“In the 4th Wave, you can't trust that people are still people. But you can trust that your gun is still your gun.”
“This is what the Others have done to us. You can’t band together to fight without trust. And without trust, there was no hope. How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.”
“The human brain has a marvelous capacity to screen and sort experience, protecting itself against the unbearable.”
“They made a major mistake," he blurted out, "the dumb bastards, when they didn't start by killing you first.""Benjamin Thomas Parish, that was the sweetest and most bizarre compliment anyone's ever...”
“To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is the ultimate evolutionary achievement, the highest rung on nature's ladder.”
“The bent but unbroken ones.”
“It kills me. The way he trusted. LIke the way we trusted before they came and blue the whole goddamned world apart. Trusted that when it got dark there would be light. Trusted that when you wanted ...”
“I confessed I did not have an opinion; I was only thirteen, and this was my very first dismemberment.”
“The girl sleeping and the finisher, willing himself to finish her.Why didn't he finish her?Why couldn't he finish her?”
“The answer is they didn't. They aren't here, Razor. They never were it's just us. It's always been just us.”
“It's hopeless. And it's stupid. It's suicidal. But love is a weapon they have no answer for. They know how you think, but they can't know what you feel.”
“She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all”
“I've always sucked at games of chance. Always hated them for that reason.”
