The one thing I have absolute faith in is mankind's capacity to make things worse. No matter how bad it gets, we're all happy to screw each other over. It's enough to make me wonder if we should have let the zombies win. Mira Grant More Quotes by Mira Grant More Quotes From Mira Grant There was no warning before the outbreaks began. One day, things were normal; the next, people who were supposedly dead were getting up and attacking anything that came into range. This was upsetting for everyone involved, except for the infected, who were past being upset about that sort of thing. Mira Grant upset people past There will always be people for whom hate is easier when it’s not backed up by anything but fear. Mira Grant easier hate people There comes a point when you need to get over the fear and get on with your life, and a lot of people don’t seem to be capable of that anymore. From blood tests to gated communities, we have embraced the cult of fear, and now we don’t seem to know how to put it back where it belongs. Mira Grant community blood people The people who have the power want you scared. They want you walking around paralyzed by the notion that you could die at any moment. Mira Grant scared want people Kellis-Amberlee is a fact of existence. You live, you die, and then you come back to life, get up, and shamble around trying to eat your former friends and loved ones. That’s the way it is for everyone. Mira Grant trying facts way He had the same empty confusion in his eyes that I saw in my mirror every morning, that odd sort of denial that only seems to come when the world decides to jump the rails without warning you first. Mira Grant mirrors eye morning I’m also fascinated by the difference between terror and fear. Fear says, “Do not actually put your hand in the alligator,” while terror says, “Avoid Florida entirely because alligators exist. Mira Grant florida differences hands Don't think she can breathe over there, chief." drawled Shaun. "Pretty sure she hasn't kicked the oxygen habit yet. Mira Grant breathe oxygen thinking Now I'm a God, but tomorrow, when you have to stop me from playing with dead things again, you'll be right back to calling me an idiot, won't you? Mira Grant idiot tomorrow calling Any good Irwin can make going to the corner store for a candy bar and a Coke lood death defying and suicidal. Mira Grant coke suicidal bars She laughed like she'd just invented laughter. Mira Grant laughed laughter Humans have always preferred to live their lives by daylight. I used to think it was because human beings have crappy night vision, and it wasn't until I got older and more cynical that I realized it was because they have less to be afraid of during the day. Mira Grant cynical night thinking ...If there’s a God, there are plenty of people who know where he is.” I shrugged, still watching the sky. ... “I just want to know that he’s there, so that I can die knowing there’s going to be someone I can punch in the mouth on the other end. Mira Grant knowing sky people Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC. Mira Grant girlfriend guy drinking If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away. Mira Grant panic ifs Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end. Mira Grant chance fun might This is what I do know: A lie, however well-intended, can't prepare you for reality or change the world... To tell the truth is to provide armament against a world too full of cruelties to be defeated with simple falsehoods... It seems to me we owe the world--more, we owe ourselves--the exchange of comfort for the chance that maybe the truth can do what people always say it can. The truth may, given the opportunity, set us free. Mira Grant simple opportunity lying It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope. Mira Grant it-is-what-it-is She told the truth as she saw it, and she died for it. I came along for the ride, and I lived. It wasn't worth it. But it was the truth, and it was what had to happen. Mira Grant died saws happens Failure to die is always appreciated. Mira Grant dies appreciated
