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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. "
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. "
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. "
5 " ...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone. "
6 " Nothing can unman you like an un-man. "
7 " Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story. "
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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 "
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 "
11 " Rage is never blind. Rage is uniquely focused. "
12 " Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death. "
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… "
14 " When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck. "
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— "
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. "
17 " But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker. "
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. "
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. "
20 " The doctor’s code is, ‘First—do no harm.’ The politician’s code is, ‘First—go on television. "