Jonathan Maberry citations

“There are moments that define a person's whole life. MOMENTS in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become hinge on a single decision.”

“The truth is the truth. What changes is what we know about it and what we're willing to believe.”

“I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.”

“Closure isn't closure until someone's ready to close the door.”

“Revenge is an infection of the spirit.”

“Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see that their words hurt someone else, it makes them feel as if they aren't completely powerless.”

“They won the war but lost the peace”

“Everyone carries around his own monsters.---Richard Pryor”

“That's stupid. That's people.”

“When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week, then there's either something wrong with your skills or something wrong with your world.
And there's nothing wrong with my skills.”

“Chong said, 'Do yourself a favor, Morg. Next time you're staring at a girl's boobs, look up. You'll be shocked to learn it, but there's going to be a face up there. Nose, mouth, eyes. And behind the eyes is an actual person.”

“We're each alone inside our heads, some more so than others.”

“I don't ever want to live in a world where something like mercy… or maybe it's compassion… is thechoice.”

“Suffering is easier to endure when shared.”

“It's important to know the past, but your survival depends on knowing the present.”

“It’s easier to be a character in a story than the star of your own tragedy.”

“You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.”

“There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks.”

“Walls, towns, rules, and day-to-day life doesn't make us civilized… That's organization and ritual. Civilization lives in our hearts and heads or it doesn't exist at all.”

“A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to each person to decide how they want to react, where they want to stand when things fall.”

“Is he nuts?"
"I think the expression used to be 'touched by God'."
"So that would be a yes.”

“This one looks good,” said Chong over breakfast the next morning.
Benny read out loud from the paper. “‘Pit Thrower.’ What’s that?”
“I don’t know,” Chong said with a mouth full of toast. “I think it has something to do with barbecuing.”
It didn’t.”

“Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.”

“Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.”

“It's just that I'm fifteen, and I have this crazy idea I might actually have a life in front of me. I don't see how it's going to do me much good to believe that the world is over and this is just an epilogue.”

“Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.”