“You have to stand out, do something, to be remembered.”

“If you don't know a name, you can't be hurt when they go. I have no friends anymore, all are lost.”

“No more running, no more half living, starving or fear. You have it better than me now, I think.”

“...I can't make exceptions for myself. If I can run, I will run. I don't have to feel good to do it.”

“Wouldn't it be ironic if everyone who got a radio up and running just sat around waiting for everyone else to transmit a message?”

“...the end of the world hasn't granted the clumsiest among us any measure of grace.”

“You matter.”

“It's taken me all this time, all this loss, to realize what really matters is now.”

“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed those strong enough to fight back and locked up the freaks who failed ...”

“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.”