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1 " Anything said is gone as soon as it leaves my lips. Things written down at least have a chance to leave a soft echo of what had been. "
― Chris Dietzel , The Man Who Watched the World End (The Great De-evolution)
2 " Maybe that’s why I get frustrated sometimes, because there’s no one to blame for how our lives have turned out. I wouldn’t change any of the things I’ve done, but at the same time I wish things were different than they are. I have no regrets, but there’s also no satisfaction in where I am. "
3 " Scared people don’t really mean what they say, they’re just looking for ways to rationalize everything so they have someone or something to blame. They need to have a reason for what’s happening because when they have that they can take comfort in knowing it’s out of their control. "
4 " There always had to be a survivor. Maybe this simply spoke to the optimism of the men writing those screenplays; even with an uncomfortable sci fi plot they had to subconsciously comfort themselves by thinking that at least a hundred people would survive.Someone has to survive "
5 " It’s amazing how much one person can stand if there are only small changes from one day to the next. "
6 " It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that you can only tinker with the natural order of things for so long before nature gets the last laugh. "
7 " the power of mankind has always been in overlooking the finality of things and holding onto optimism even when doing so seems foolish. "
8 " The bat I had with me would do little good against a pack of feral house cats, let alone a pack of Dalmatians or Labradors. "
9 " The end is imminent, I know that, but the power of mankind has always been in overlooking the finality of things and holding onto optimism even when doing so seems foolish. "
10 " every living thing was one step away from being eaten by something else. "
11 " If my house is a prison, the animals are my jailers. "
12 " One of the boxes I found today was of the last set of Topps cards ever produced. There were no rookie cards in that last set. "
13 " smorgasbord "
14 " the youngest players were in their late forties. Most teams had a handful of players in their fifties. "
15 " eight teams in the American League and eight in the National League. "
16 " When it came down to it, people really didn’t need that much to survive in the world. It was the world my parents grew up in that had taught them to feel like they needed more. Bank accounts no longer mattered. Fancy cars didn’t count for anything. I guess if you were a good enough fisherman to catch your dinner, having a nice boat was a bonus, but nobody needed a luxurious yacht when a little kayak did the trick. There weren’t many things that were truly important when you counted down to man no longer inheriting the earth, which I guess is what the Great De-evolution was. Diamonds didn’t do anything for you. Gold became just another metal. "
17 " Well, who’s going to pay for all of this?” It showed they still didn’t understand the magnitude of the situation: "
18 " more and more people became unreasonably afraid of not being near enough people. "
19 " the Great De-evolution signaled an end to war. "
20 " It’s obvious now that the end of man won’t be signaled with mushroom clouds, an alien invasion, or a meteor, but with silence. Only silence, long and unceasing. "
