“If we were the best hope the human race had for its salvation, things were more fucked up than I’d thought.”

“I don't know if cats understand what their owners say, but they do have a strong survival instinct.”

“My balls shrank in terror. I was convinced we were going to die.”

“Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.”

“But despite the fact that life is full of risk, yet without taking risk, we stand a greater risk.”

“But despite the fact that Reardan is a tiny town, people can still be strangers to each other.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”