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141 " He didn't have much strength to offer, but what he did have was hers without question. "
― Mira Grant , Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
142 " Do I think they found mermaids? Yes. Of course I do. And I think the mermaids ate them all. "
― Mira Grant , Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
143 " You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed. "
― Mira Grant , Blackout (Newsflesh, #3)
144 " People say things like "it wasn't supposed to go this way" and "this isn't what I wanted." They're just making noise. There's no such thing as "supposed to," and what you want doesn't matter. All that matters is what happened. "
145 " Usually what everyone knows is insulting and sort of ableist, because the people who know everything always seem to think of themselves as being perfectly normal. "
― Mira Grant , Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus (Newsflesh, #3.4)
146 " ...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie. "
147 " Remember how pissed you got when we had to do all that reading about the Rising back in sixth grade? I thought you were going to get us both expelled. You said the only way things could've gotten as bad as they did was if people were willing to take the first easy answer they could find and cling to it, rather than doing anything as complicated as actually thinking. "
148 " Sometimes, the hardest habit to break is the habit of doing nothing beyond the necessary. "
149 " Don't start. My mood stays better if you don't start. "
― Mira Grant , Deadline (Newsflesh, #2)
150 " Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end. "
151 " Never steal another reporter's story; never take the last of another reporter's ammo; never mess with another reporter's computer. Those are the rules, unless you work for a tabloid, where they replace "never" with "always"... "
152 " The dangerous thing about truth is the way it changes depending on how you're looking at it. One man's gospel truth is another man's blasphemous lie. The dangerous thing about people is the way we'll try to kill anyone whose truth doesn't agree with ours. "
153 " Madness is surprisingly freeing. "
154 " I've got no problem with octopuses. It's bugs and spiders that I don't like. Octopuses are cute, in their own 'nature did a lot of drugs' sort of way. "
155 " I wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less. "
156 " This is Shaun Mason activating security protocol Campbell. The bridge is out, the trees are coming, and I’m pretty sure my hand is evil. Now gimme some sugar, baby. "
157 " Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing? "
158 " Sometimes in the news, "luck" is just a matter of "capitalizing on someone else's pain. "
159 " Isn't that the justification used by every scientist who made something wonderful, only to discover that they've made something terrible? 'We did it for Science. "
― Mira Grant , Parasite (Parasitology, #1)
160 " Sometimes humanity is the reason we can't have nice things. "