Quotes from The Strain

“...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Neeva looked at the puddle of Christ's tears on the floor. When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“What you fought was a dead man, possessed by a disease.' - Setrakian
'What--like a pinche zombie?' - Gus
'Think more along the lines of a man with a black cape. Fangs. Funny accent. Now take away the cape and fangs. The funny accent. Take away anything funny about it.' - Setrakian”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Nothing can unman you like an un-man.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness…”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“When the power of Jesus fails you, then you know you truly are shit out of luck.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“The term “solar eclipse” is in fact a misnomer. An eclipse occurs when one object passes into a shadow cast by another. In a solar eclipse, the moon does not pass into the sun’s shadow, but instead passes between the sun and the earth, obscuring the sun—”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“The proper term is “occultation.” The moon occults the sun, casting a small shadow onto the surface of the earth. It is not a solar eclipse, but in fact an eclipse of the earth.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Guy keeps the heart of a vampire he killed as a pet in his basement armory. He's plenty crazy. But that's okay. I'm a little crazy too.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the marriage of a man and a woman.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“The doctor’s code is, ‘First—do no harm.’ The politician’s code is, ‘First—go on television.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“You simplify because you cannot believe. You reduce; you diminish. Because you were raised to doubt and debunk. To reduce to a small set of knowns for easy digestion. Because you are a doctor, a man of science, and because this is America—where everything is known and understood, and God is a benevolent dictator, and the future must always be bright.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness…”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Rage is never blind. Rage is uniquely focused.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“This is what the beginning of the end of the world will look like”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Gus called Felix’s name one last time, as though saying his name would snap him out of it, would miraculously bring Felix back… But Felix was no longer Felix. He was a vampire motherfucker.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Užtemimas jiems buvo nuostabumo priešingybė. Atrodė paprasčiausiai teisinga, kad dangus ir Dievas paminėjo jų sielvartą.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Eph too had been turned. Not from human to vampire, but from healer to slayer.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“The doctor's code is, 'First - do no harm.' The politician's code is, 'First - go on television.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“It is the concern of every immigrant that their offspring will grow to embrace their adoptive culture at the expense of their natural heritage.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Zombie Sky. No: Zombies of the Eclipse. Zombies of the Occultation. Occult Zombies from the Planet Moon!”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Kelly was not going to remove her glasses. No matter what the television said about it being safe to do during the 'totality'. The television also told her she wouldn't age if she bought expensive creams and pills.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Can you zoom in?” The foreman rolled his eyes. “This here ain’t CSI—it’s Radio-fucking-Shack.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Nora said, “I thought vampires drank virgin blood. They hypnotize…they turn into bats…” Setrakian said, “They are much romanticized. But the truth is more…how should I say?” “Perverse,” said Eph. “Disgusting,” said Nora.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness … The”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

“I guess a vampire doesn’t have much need for good hygiene.”
― Guillermo del Toro, quote from The Strain

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