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Peeps

Peeps
Scott Westerfeld

Peeps is a 2005 novel by Scott Westerfeld revolving around a parasite which causes people to become cannibalistic and repelled by that which they once loved. It follows the protagonist, Cal Thompson, as he lives with this parasite and tries to uncover a possible threat to the whole population of the world. The apocalyptic threat to the world that begins in Peeps continues in The Last Days, which featured some of the same characters.

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“It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.”

Scott Westerfeld book Peeps

Variant: It’s amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.
Source: Peeps

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“People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.”

Scott Westerfeld book Peeps

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“so pRetty i hAd to Eat hiM”

Scott Westerfeld book Peeps

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“Probably? So you're asking me to trust my life to steel wool and peanut butter?"
"Poisoned peanut butter."
"Cal, I don't care if it's nuclear peanut butter.”

Scott Westerfeld book Peeps

Source: Peeps

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