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21 " You don’t know anything about fear and hate,” he told me. “Fear and hate aren’t rational emotions, and they damn sure don’t depend on the existence of valid reasons. People hate because they’re afraid. People are afraid because they don’t understand. "
― Bobby Adair , Zero Day / Infected / Destroyer (Slow Burn, #1-3)
22 " And like red entrance ramps to a highway that nobody wanted to be on, a trail of blood led from each chair to merge with a long bloody smear to "
23 " I get to choose how I’m going to feel about things. I don’t let the world tell me how I’m going to feel. "
24 " You move on, or you die. That’s the way it is now.” “Smile and get over it. Is "
25 " Oft times, anger was all I had, my sole defining characteristic. It clung to me like an insecure girlfriend, and I put as little effort into sloughing it off. "
26 " Why do that?” Mandi asked. “It seems like if you spent a bazillion dollars on a big house with a gorgeous view, you’d want to show it off.” “The same reason that the Klingons have a cloaking device,” Murphy answered. “I’m sorry, Murphy, I have a life.” Mandi’s tone was disdainful. "
27 " Once people get beliefs into their heads, it’s fucking hard to change their minds, no matter how many facts come knocking on the door. As far as the world is concerned, you and I aren’t people anymore. "
28 " I pushed down on the firing lever with both thumbs and Null Spot was instantly transformed from frightened pants-pisser into fiery god of thunder. "
29 " Do you know that the average American contains about two-hundred-thousand usable calories? "
30 " Hundreds, maybe thousands, naked and hairless (and what the fuck was up with that anyway?) were distracted by the crack of my gun and altered their direction to run at us. The "
31 " Once we fired the first shot, all of our choices disappeared. We were just reacting and retreating. And dying. "
32 " He was in no shape at that moment to pick the mood up off of the floor, but "
33 " The same reason that the Klingons have a cloaking device,” Murphy "
34 " I thought you went to college here. Did you party too much and drop out?” “No, I got a philosophy degree.” “Oh. "