This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.
~ Justin Cronin
Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people.
The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant
It is an interesting truth that the human body, liberated from its head, is in essence a bag of blood with a built-in straw.
All things found their ends.
His father had always said, Son, the most important thing in life is to make a contribution. Who would have thought Kittridge’s contribution would be video-blogging from the front lines of the apocalypse?
He has to come to it on his own.
And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.
My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.
