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61 " [M]y Coke hit the floor with a metallic clink, so much like the sound of a bullet casing being dropped. "
― Mira Grant , Blackout (Newsflesh, #3)
62 " The only question is whether they're going to get caught, and so far, the answer's been 'no.' Things are chaotic. No one knows exactly what's going on, and the people carrying out the orders aren't the ones giving them. As long as no one ever gives the order that says 'let those people die, they don't matter,' nothing illegal is being done. "
63 " You are a ray of sunshine and I don’t know how we got by without you,” said Becks. I nodded sympathetically. “I’m sure it was hard. But it’s all right. I’m here now. "
64 " So this is fun. This is a fun time. "
65 " Oh, jeez. Is that a spleen?” “I think that’s a spleen, yes. "
66 " Pardon me for arguing, Dr. Thomas, but I'm a clone living in a post-zombie America. I'm pretty sure not asking for potential weapons would be a much worse sign. "
67 " Someday you're going to have to explain how it is you've managed to create a subconscious echo that's smarter than you are. "
68 " You brought me a mouthy clone," said Dr. Abbey, looking toward Shaun. "And it's not even my birthday. "
69 " But my name is Georgia Mason. And I am here to tell you the truth. "
70 " if you so much as look at her funny, I’ll blow your fucking face off. We clear? Good. "
71 " You mean I'm standing in a room with the Vice President of the United States, a member of the Secret Service and two renegade EIS scientists, and you expect the clone to make the decisions? See, this is why this country is in trouble all the damn time. The people running it are crazy. "
72 " One nice thing about stairs: Zombies can navigate them, but they can’t do it fast. "
73 " You don’t go that far past the borders of Crazytown and come waltzing out unscathed. "
74 " Now do what you do best. Break this fucking thing wide open, and let the pieces fall. "
75 " I guess being brought back from the dead and used as a CDC lab rat would fuck up just about anybody. "
76 " but that’s the thing about reality. It doesn’t need to make sense. "
77 " Let’s have ourselves a revolution. "
78 " and evasions.” Now the voice sounded faintly abashed. “I’m sorry, Miss Mason. We didn’t think … just a moment.” The intercom clicked off, leaving me in silence once again. I stayed where I was, and kept waiting. The sound of a hydraulic lock unsealing broke the quiet. I turned to see a small panel slide open above the door, revealing a red light. It turned green and the door slid smoothly open, revealing a skinny, nervous-looking man in a white lab coat, eyes wide "
79 " Do they train you people to say stupid things when in mortal danger? I'm just curious, you understand, I;m not judging you. "
80 " That was how it almost always went in an outbreak. The first wave dies. The second wave rises. "