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1 " Man, I’m just trying to get you lighten up a bit.” “Murphy, we’re looking at a thousand rotting corpses. Lighten up?” “Life is what you make it, man. "
― Bobby Adair , Infected (Slow Burn, #2)
2 " My hands felt electrically charged. My blood was ready to burst from my veins and my heart was beating a manic rhythm. I was frightened out of my wits but I was catching a familiar, addictive adrenaline wave. I was ready to taunt the reaper. "
3 " We probably won’t live long enough to run out of food, or electricity, or anything important.” “Oh, you’ll live,” Murphy said. “I have no doubt.” “Really?” Jerome asked, real curiosity in his voice. “What makes you think I’ll last?” “Because you’re a pussy! "
4 " Fear and hate aren’t rational emotions, and they damn sure don’t depend on the existence of valid reasons. People "
5 " Once people get beliefs into their heads, it’s fucking hard to change their minds, no matter how many facts come knocking on the door. As "
6 " The idealist in me wants to think that we'll come out of this feeling like we've been given a second chance at building a civilization that doesn’t have all the evils of the old civilization, but it won't be that. We'll just rebuild the same thing we had before. That's how things have always happened in the past. After the Black Death, people just picked up the pieces and moved on, and things were just like they were before it happened. "
7 " some with heavy doors swaying in the breeze. The "
8 " I jumped and slid over the hood as the fire ignited the leaves of the oak tree shading above me. "
9 " We’re all guilty of saying things, especially on social media, that hurt one another, that leave scars, and damage relationships. As I stumble over my mistakes in this area, I’m coming to realize that relationships with good people are precious things that should not be taken lightly. They are never worth risking for the sake of being right about some triviality that won’t be remembered a month or a year from now. "
10 " we’re different. You can think all of the ‘We Are The World’ thoughts you want, but we aren’t part of that club anymore. "
11 " But for the absence of Satan, the world looked like Hell. "
12 " How will humanity react when it realizes that it has survived an extinction event? "
13 " instead of just surviving, we can choose to thrive. "
14 " You put a smile on your face and take the world as it comes. You don’t attach your happiness to any false expectations of reality. You "
15 " Humid air flows north off of the gulf and heats to an angry, gaseous broth, in league with the sun to punish any soul it catches outdoors. "
16 " I choose to put one foot in front of the other. In life, that’s one of the only choices you ever really have. You can choose to move ahead and take control, or you can sit and let life roll over you. "