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21 " 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. "
― Mira Grant , Blackout (Newsflesh, #3)
22 " Madness is surprisingly freeing. "
23 " You bastard.”“My parents were married. "
24 " I'd say it was nice knowing you, but as you've effectively ruined my life, it almost certainly hasn't been. "
25 " So hell, maybe we just killed the last grizzly in the world. I'd feel bad about that if it hadn't been an infected zombie bear that wanted to eat my delicious flesh. "
26 " There's only one thing we never wrote down. You know what it was. "
27 " Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one. "
28 " I honestly have no idea what's going on anymore. I just need to find something I can hit. (Shaun Mason) "
29 " The problem with people who have power is that they start thinking more about what it takes to keep that power than they do about what’s right or wrong or just plain a bad idea. Here’s a tip for you: If you’re ever in a position to be making calls on right and wrong that can impact an entire nation, run your decisions past a six-year-old. If they look at you in horror and tell you you’re getting coal in your stocking for the rest of your life, you should probably reconsider your course of action. Unless you want to be remembered as a monster, in which case, knock yourself out. —From Charming Not Sincere, the blog of Rebecca Atherton, August 7, 2041. "
30 " Well, that’s that, then. We’re all going to die. Charming. "
31 " The problem with people who have power is that they start thinking more about what it takes to keep that power than they do about what's right or wrong or just plain a bad idea. "
32 " In the end, no one noticed when protection turned into imprisonment, or when 'for the good of the people' turned into 'for the good of the people in power.' It was all baby steps, all the way. "
33 " Remember what I said about the mosquitoes?" "Which part" asked Maggie. "The scary part, the really scary part, the legitimately terrifying part, or the part that makes suicide sound like an awesome way to spend the evening? "
34 " The old Internet rallying cry: pics or it didn’t happen. "
35 " They can't reproduce?" said Shaun incredulously. "That's your big solution? They won't fuck? Did none of you people ever see Jurassic Park? "
36 " That's Becks. Always ready to offer a helping headshot. "
37 " Kill me once, shame on you. Kill me twice, shame on me. Kill my brother? Oh, it’s on. And you are not going to enjoy it. "
38 " She was sitting on the counter, holding a can of Coke. “Looking for this?” she asked. “My savior.” I walked toward her, making grabbing motions. “Gimme. Gimme sweet, sweet caffeine.” “The word is ‘please,’ Mason. "
39 " [H]e looked at me gravely and asked, "Are you ready?" "No," I said. "I'm pretty sure I've never been ready for anything that had to be prefaced with that question. "
40 " If the directions say to do it, we do it," said Maggie. "That's what everyone says. If you don't listen to the Monkey, he doesn't meet with you.""Let's hope the directions don't tell us to shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die," I muttered, and pulled out onto the street. "