Suddenly all those careful preparations disintegrated as predators far more dangerous than the walking dead proved what all wise killers already knew: that nothing was more dangerous than living men.

I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.

There are moments that define a person's whole life. MOMENTS in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become hinge on a single decision.

I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.

There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks.

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.---Richard Pryor

They won the war but lost the peace.

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.

Xavier had thought he was in paradise before. He’d been wrong. Sophia was more than paradise. She was the very reason he breathed.

Love does not mean just joining lips and belly. It is much more. One should have respect for the other.

My personal philosophy is that you do art to experience emotion that you don't have the luxury of experiencing in real life.

I wish to live a life that causes my soul to dance inside my body.

War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.

I lied. I need your help." "Who are we killing?" "Do you have a pen?

I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.

Do you love me?" he asked. I fell silent. "For the rest of it is glitter and noise," he said. "At the heart of it all is love. You make that choice, and you go forward from there.