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1 " People are vaccinated with dangerous chemicals during their childhood, indoctrinated with immorality through television while growing up, taught to reject God by their teachers, fed with genetically modified food, and led to suspect others by their relatives and friends, and then you wonder why it's so difficult to find a normal person in this modern world, why nobody assumes responsibility for their words and behavior, and why everyone is so selfishly abusive. The biblical apocalypse has begun and the zombies are everywhere. It's just that we call them stupid and selfish instead. But they do act like there's no life inside of them anymore. There are no more normal human beings around. The survivors of this apocalypse are extremely scarce and must be treasured. "
― Robin Sacredfire
2 " [In case of zombie uprising] Marxists and Feminists would likely sympathize more with zombies. To Marxists, the undead symbolize the oppressed proletariat. Unless the zombies were all undead white males, feminists would likely welcome the posthuman smashing of existing patriarchal structures. "
3 " Capital is an abstract parasite, an insatiable vampire and zombie maker; but the living flesh it converts into dead labor is ours, and the zombies it makes are us. "
― Mark Fisher , Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
4 " Who knows what adventure we might find here?" Drizzt said excitedly. " Who knows what secrets might be unveiled to us?" " Adventure?" Dunkin asked incredulously, looking to the carnage along the beach, and to the zombies still frozen in the water. " Reward?" he added with a chuckle. " Punishment, more likely, though I have done nothing to harm you, any of you!" " We are here to unveil a mystery," Drizzt said, as though that fact should have piqued the man's curiosity, " To learn and to grow. To live as we discover the secrets of the world about us. "
5 " It's why I get miffed at all the dashing around in recent zombie films. It completely misses the point; transforms the threat to a straightforward physical danger from the zombies themselves, rather than our own inability to avoid them and these films are about us, not them. There's far more meat on the bones of the latter, far more juicy interpretation to get our teeth into. The first zombie is by comparison thin and one dimensional and ironically, it is down to all the exercise. "
― Simon Pegg , Nerd Do Well
6 " Monsters in movies are us, always us, one way or the other. They’re us with hats on. The zombies in George Romero’s movies are us. They’re hungry. Monsters are us, the dangerous parts of us. The part that wants to destroy. The part of us with the reptile brain. The part of us that’s vicious and cruel. We express these in our stories as these monsters out there. "
― John Carpenter
7 " Victor, back there in that basement, when the zombies were… were… moving around on those tables…. Twitching? And dead? You didn’t even blink.This is nothing like those zombies.No shit. Because this time, you’re scared—beyond scared. You’re terrified. And whatever’s got you scared? I don’t want any part of it. "
― Jordan Castillo Price , Camp Hell (PsyCop, #5)
8 " By now, we're all familiar with the literary post-apocalyptic world's metaphors. The zombies are our anxieties. The vampires are our greed. Our fairies are hope. Our werewolves are … what again? Something "
― Taffy Brodesser-Akner
9 " What time is it?" " Three a.m. Michael's making a snack. You want anything?" " Um...no. Thanks." She slid off the couch and then stood there like an idiot, unwilling to leave because he was still smiling and...she liked it. " Who won?" " Which game?" " Oh. I guess I was asleep for a while." " Don't worry. We didn't let the zombies get you." This time, his smile was positively wicked. Claire felt it like a hot blanket all over her skin. "
10 " And for God's sake, if you need to shoot make sure to release the safety ,” he murmured, as we moved across the front, careful to stick to the shadows as often as we could. So far, I hadn't seen anyone, not even zombies. It wasn't uncommon for a straggler to come along, every now and then. Lucky for us, we were remote enough that we hadn't had any major issues with any hordes locating us. The men were quick to dispatch any zombies that hung around, not willing to take the risk that somehow they could communicate with each other. Not to mention, the zombies were strong and fast. It was better to end them, rather than to risk them one day killing one of us. "
11 " He glanced at James before continuing. “If you're going to survive this, the first rule you need to learn is never count on anyone but yourself. Never. People make mistakes, and the zombies are fast. They don't need to sleep or eat anything but us. Don't leave your protection in the hands of someone else. "
― , Phase One: Identify (Territory of the Dead, #1)
12 " If a responsible, mentally sound American wants to own and AR-15, that’s their right. Besides, when the zombies come…okay, you don’t like the zombie thing. When the Chinese invade our country, who do you want to depend on? The over-extended police force and the National Guard? Or the next door neighbor who’s a former Marine and has enough guns and ammunition for your entire block? "
― , Priority
13 " Fine, but if and when the zombies team up with the mummies to take over the world, you can't live in my underground bunker. "
― Emily Cale , Under Wraps
14 " Michael understood. " Not really. My gear is mostly blindfolds, feathers, and shit I got from the pet store. All the good stuff is expensive." There were online catalogs full of it. Leather and metal. Gags and hoods and cuffs and rope. That's what you really needed when the zombies came. "
15 " So, if the zombies are coming to town, why exactly are we coming back here?”“Don’t call them that.”“But they are—““No, they’re not. They’re mutants or science gone awry orsomething. Anything but zombies.” “How would that be better? "
― Daniel Younger , Zen and the Art of Cannibalism: A Zomedy
16 " My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible. "
17 " 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. "
― Faith McKay , Lipstick & Zombies (Deadly Divas, #1)
18 " Regency romances end in marriage zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both. "
