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The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) QUOTES

1 " Kelly was not going to remove her glasses. No matter what the television said about it being safe to do during the 'totality'. The television also told her she wouldn't age if she bought expensive creams and pills. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

2 " THE THING WAS AN EXPERT IN HORROR, BUT THIS HUMAN HORROR INDEED EXCEEDED ANY OTHER POSSIBLE FATE. NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS WITHOUT MERCY, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTED UPON RATIONALLY AND WITHOUT COMPULSION. IT WAS A CHOICE. THE KILLING WAS UNRELATED TO THE LARGE WAR, AND IT SERVED NO OTHER PURPOSE THEN EVIL. MEN CHOSE TO DO THIS TO OTHER MEN AND INVENTED REASONS AND PLACES AND MYTHS IN ORDER TO SATISFY THEIR DESIRE IN A LOGICAL AND METHODICAL WAY. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

3 " Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the marriage of a man and a woman. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

4 " for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

5 " ...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

6 " Nothing can unman you like an un-man. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

7 " Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

8 " cleared "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

9 " Neeva looked at the puddle of Christ's tears on the floor. When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

10 " What you fought was a dead man, possessed by a disease.' - Setrakian
'What--like a pinche zombie?' - Gus
'Think more along the lines of a man with a black cape. Fangs. Funny accent. Now take away the cape and fangs. The funny accent. Take away anything funny about it.' - Setrakian "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

11 " Rage is never blind. Rage is uniquely focused. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

12 " Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

13 " Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness… "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

14 " When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

15 " The term “solar eclipse” is in fact a misnomer. An eclipse occurs when one object passes into a shadow cast by another. In a solar eclipse, the moon does not pass into the sun’s shadow, but instead passes between the sun and the earth, obscuring the sun— "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

16 " The proper term is “occultation.” The moon occults the sun, casting a small shadow onto the surface of the earth. It is not a solar eclipse, but in fact an eclipse of the earth. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

17 " But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

18 " You simplify because you cannot believe. You reduce; you diminish. Because you were raised to doubt and debunk. To reduce to a small set of knowns for easy digestion. Because you are a doctor, a man of science, and because this is America—where everything is known and understood, and God is a benevolent dictator, and the future must always be bright. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

19 " Guy keeps the heart of a vampire he killed as a pet in his basement armory. He's plenty crazy. But that's okay. I'm a little crazy too. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)

20 " The doctor’s code is, ‘First—do no harm.’ The politician’s code is, ‘First—go on television. "

― Guillermo del Toro , The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)