Quotes From "Deadline" By Chris Crutcher

But the truth doesn't need to be known, or believed,...
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But the truth doesn't need to be known, or believed, to be true. Chris Crutcher
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So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because.” Because experience is the only teacher, ” Hey-Soos says. “Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? There’s only one thing that’s universal.” What’s that?” The truth. . Chris Crutcher
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Am I getting braver, or just getting accustomed to being terrified? Randy Alcorn
...we can say we love each other if my life...
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...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it. Chris Crutcher
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People reveal as much by their silence as they do by what they say. Sandra Brown
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I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had. Mira Grant
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He opened the first letter, No "Dear Mr. Woods." It was a page full of profanities. There was something oddly refreshing about honest, to-the-point hate mail. No hypocrisy and forced politeness. Too many letters ripped you to shreds, then closed off 'Sincerely yours. Randy Alcorn
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When the corruption seems to go all the way to the end of the world, the only good approach is through the front door with a gun in each hand. Mira Grant
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From something as simple as what goes in to a good meatloaf to the not so simple - religion, culture, how you should vote, every damn thing you think or believe, your reactions, your behavior - were partially shaped by who and what your parents were. Sandra Brown
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She really talks to you, doesn't she?" She asked. "it's not just you talking to her. She talks BACK.""hel, half the time she starts it." I said, half-defensively. "I know it's weird."" Well, yes, it's weird. Technically, I think it's insane. But who am I to judge?" Maggie shrugged. "I live in a house most people view as the setting of a horror movie waiting to happen, with an army of security ninjas and a couple dozen epileptic dogs for company. I don't think I'm qualified to pass judgement on 'weird'. Mira Grant
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It's better to go out with a bang and a press release than with a whimper and a secret. Mira Grant
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Fuck this. Let's just blow some shit up. Mira Grant
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The truth may set you free. It won't fill your fuel tank. Mira Grant
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I just find it interesting that kids apparently used to cry when Bambi's mother died. George and I both held our breaths, and then cheered when she didn't reanimate and try to eat her son. Mira Grant
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I just don’t understand why anyone would want to get their caffeine in a less-efficient form. Mira Grant
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And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say: You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve. Mira Grant
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Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-seven years: with an idiot–in this case, Rebecca Atherton, head of the After the End Times Irwins, winner of the Golden Steve-o Award for valor in the face of the undead–deciding it would be a good idea to go out and poke a zombie with a stick to see what happens. Mira Grant
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You know what? Fuck it. Just fuck it. The Rising didn't manage to wipe out the human race, it just made us turn into even bigger assholes than we were before. Hear that, mad science? You failed. You were supposed to kill us all, and instead you turned us into monsters. Mira Grant