“ There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing. Erica Lindquist
“ I'm just sorry. Sorry that there won't be any more camping trips for kids or rock bands or even new books to read. No more movies or fresh bags of popcorn. It really sucks when you think about it. Of… Jeyn Roberts
“ Simon hated her for that. Perhaps it was automatic. Her appearance alone made her different from him, and human beings had always feared and hated anyone who was different. Two thousand years of histo… Louise Lawrence
“ Beyond the queues, the vacancy screens listed jobs in a multitude of languages. Invariably, they were low-paid and short-term dead-ends. Nearby, people in headphones sat at a bank of machines: the bli… Mark Cantrell
“ It helps if you don’t think of them as human. More than one officer has called this job pest control. Christine Amsden
“ Zombies are not just fictional creatures that devour the flesh of the living. They also include those who follow the words of others without thinking for themselves. This world is falling apart. I don… Joseph McGinnis
“ I could be listening to Painted Red weave the stories of the saints in her rich roomy voice, and beginning to see how all those stories were in some way one story: a simple story about being alive, an… John Crowley
“ A mix of revenge, sadness and anger funnels into a decision that’s so simple and neat, it could fit in my pocket. I will help Kudzu destroy Aevum. Just like Magnus destroyed my mother. Georgia Clark
“ I catch movement from the corner of my eye. A tell slender boy stands near us, just a few feet away. Adrenaline bangs through my system. I shove Abel behind me and whip my knife from where I’d hidden… Georgia Clark
“ We’re a nonviolent collective working to undermine the Trust and free the Badlands. Once the Trust is exposed as lying and corrupt, we believe Edenites will do the right thing. Open the borders. Save… Georgia Clark
“ My fingers find his. They are warm, pulsing with genetically altered blue blood, powered by mirror matter. Georgia Clark
“ A twisted, pale figure writhing in agony, chest bare and hideous. Tight, rigid cords of sickly green veins webbed across the boy’s body and limbs, like ropes under his skin. Purplish bruises covered t… James Dashner
“ The burned corpses of the doppelgängers of Hitler and Braun, numerous false leads, meticulously orchestrated evidence, misdirection, and other diversions now being set in place will confuse the Americ… Paul Majkut
“ At the entrance of the Führerbunker, a dandelion pushed through the crack between cobblestones. The cadet did not notice that he stepped on it as they entered the bunker. A dark cloud of smoke rose fr… Paul Majkut
“ The antagonists of finance’s future, the diaboli ex machina, may have no face at all. Usman W. Chohan
“ New York City is finished," he said. "They can't keep order there, and you can't have business without order. It'll take a hundred years to sort things out and get it all going again." "What do you he… James Howard Kunstler
“ So as near as I could tell the end of the world began roughly about the time that Billy Carver’s butt rang about halfway through the War of 1812. Steve Vernon
“ For one last time, I said my goodbyes to the place I’d known as home for the last decade, and for the first time, I welcomed the unknown. Nicole Sobon
