“It ain’t the dead things you gotta be mindful of around here … it’s the living.”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you. —Nietzsche”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“Chaos theory is the impossibility of a closed system remaining stable. This town is doomed. There’s nobody at the controls …”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“It’s never-ever going to be okay, never-ever-ever-ever-ever.”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“Nick looks into Brians hollow gaze. "That's what's going on here brian. The devil's figured out a way to keep peoples souls trapped here on earth.”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“It is why he got the hell out of his hometown, Waynesboro, two days ago.”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“Brian discovers that this first group features two bricklayers, a machinist, a doctor, a gun-store owner, a veterinarian, a plumber, a barber, an auto mechanic, a farmer, a fry cook, and an electrician. The second group—Brian thinks of them as the Dependents—features the sick, the young, and all the white-collar workers with obscure administrative backgrounds. These are the former middle managers and office drones, the paper pushers and corporate executives who once pulled down six-figure incomes running divisions of huge multinationals—now just taking up space, as obsolete as cassette tapes.”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“A severed ear sticks to the windshield, and Philip puts the wipers on. They”
― Robert Kirkman, quote from Rise of the Governor
“Takako looked into Hiroki's eyes and grinned.
"You've become quie a stud."
"And...you're the most stylin' girl in the world."
Takako smiled faintly. She wanted to thank him, but she was out of breath. She just stared at Hiroki's eyes. She was grateful. At least she wasn't going to die alone. The last person to stay with her ended up being Hiroki. And she was grateful. She really was.”
― Koushun Takami, quote from Battle Royale
“She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciate it even though she couldn’t have it. Why did she always feel she had to do something in the face of beauty?”
― Ann Brashares, quote from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Men who believe that they are accomplishing something by speaking speak in a different way from men who believe that speaking is a waste of time.”
― Neal Stephenson, quote from Cryptonomicon
“Don’t you know,” she said pityingly, “that everybody’s got a Fairyland of their own?”
― P.L. Travers, quote from Mary Poppins
“I'm sorry you don't want to know me anymore. I will spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I wasted my second chance to know you. And I will always be conscious of your absence."- Gabriel to Julia.”
― Sylvain Reynard, quote from Gabriel's Inferno
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