“If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining”

—  Max Brooks , book The Zombie Survival Guide

Source: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

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