“The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's dominant life form. We were a shaken, broken species, driven to the edge of extin...”

“Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.”

“After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.”

“America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say perception because America is a very all-or-nothing society We like to know, and f...”

“The highest distinction is service to others.”

“Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”

“If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead.”

“You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.”

“Anyone who wants to prevent you from making other people happy is an enemy. If you are stopping yourself from making others happy, you are your own enemy.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”