“It hurt like hell, but at least it felt true. Her mind could settle into that pain.”

“I think everyone should have a problem with zombies on fire.”

“Clear skin, a manicure, a couple dead zombies, and then fame!”

“He's barely said anything and I already know this guy is gross,' she told the girls. 'If the zombies come at us, we feed them him first.”

“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”

“Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty s...”

“My get-up-and-go often leaves without me.”

“Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong.”

“I'm watching her talk. Watching her jaw move and collecting her words one by one as they spill from her lips. I don't deserve them. Her warm memories. I'd like to paint them over the bare plaster w...”

“Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits.”