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1 " Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale. "
― Steve Hockensmith , Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, #0.5)
2 " The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach. "
3 " A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand! "
4 " Lieutenant Tindall told me I'd find you up here tilting at putrid windmills. Now I know what he meant. "
5 " A world with zombies in it had no tolerance for softness or sentiment. The dreadfuls infected everything just by virtue of existing. To live in their world, one had to become like them. Dead inside. So "
6 " Shy, delicate, gentle Jane, though the eldest, could no more initiate conversation with a newly met man than a rose petal could belch. "
7 " You’re all so quick to point out what you can’t do. The time has come to learn what you can. "