This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.
Justin Cronin, The Twelve.
“Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.”
“Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado?”
“The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant”
“His father had always said, Son, the most important thing in life is to make a contribution. Who would have thought Kittridges contribution would be video-blogging from the front lines of the apoca...”
“Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, t...”
“Each stage of your lifeis like petals of a flower... unfolding and opening until it comes to full bloom...You will blossom and then you die...But know that this is not your ending.”
“What made the difference between choosing to die and deciding to live?Was it the weight of sadness that buckled them over and dragged them away from all sane, rational thoughts with an anchor of ho...”
“When you die you will not bring any possessions, but you will be accompanied by the song up into heaven”