Quotes From "The Twelve" By Stuart Neville

Hate is a terrible thing. It's a wasteful, stupid emotion. You can hate someone with all your heart, but it'll never do them a bit of harm. The only person it hurts is you. You can spend your days hating, letting it eat away at you, and the person you hate will go on living just the same. So, what's the point? Stuart Neville

Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up. Justin Cronin

Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado? Justin Cronin

This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world. Justin Cronin

The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant Justin Cronin

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? Justin Cronin

Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, the blood surging in his veins, the drumlike beating of his heart. The bomb was dropping toward them." I've got you, " he said, hugging Tim fiercely; and again, over and over, so that the boy would be hearing these words. "I've got you, I've got you, I've got you, I've got you. Justin Cronin