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1 " Those men saw their stranglehold over everyone starting to slip, and that meant they’d lose money and they’d lose power. And they couldn’t have that. So they said that those women, those witches, were monsters. And since most people are just dumb fucks, they went along with it and soon they were burning chicks at the stake and drowning them and crushing them under rocks. That’s how the men kept their power. It’s how scared people always keep their power. That’s why they killed Jesus. That’s why they killed that little Indian guy, Gandhi. "
― Jonathan Maberry , Fall of Night (Dead of Night, #2)
2 " How the hell are you idiots allowed to run a country? I should have voted for a clown college. They’d at least have a reason for being this stupid. "
3 " Do you really expect us to believe anything you say?” “You have been given assurance on behalf of the president of the United States that no further attacks would be made on the school as long as you followed the safety protocols.” “Right. Tell that to the Sioux.” “What?” “As much as it causes me physical pain to say this out loud to another … what I assume is another Republican, our government doesn’t have a great track record for keeping its promises with people who have something they want. "
4 " I am become Shiva, destroyer of worlds. "
5 " It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. —Voltaire, The Age of Louis XIV "
6 " Some people never want to be part of the solution. All they want to do is bitch and whine and create complications for other people. You "
7 " if you don’t shut your mouth and work with us, then by the Lord Jesus, when we roll out of here in those buses I will personally tie you to the front grill, cover you with A1 sauce, and use you for bait. Look me in the eye and ask me if I’m joking. "
8 " Jesus H. Christ in a clown car. "
9 " They’re politicians, and politics is about leverage, not about the truth. "
10 " He hefted it and winced. “Shit, this thing is heavy.” “Thirteen pounds fully loaded,” she said. “Don’t be a pussy.” “I have a bad back.” “Really? I thought maybe you had menstrual cramps. "