295 Quotes by Isaac Marion

"The Dead are a larger army than any ever assembled, and they follow no leader, fear no threat, and accept no bribe or compromise. The Dead are the silent majority, and should they ever decide to say something, it will be the new law of the land."

"I got nineteen years with your mom. But do you think I would've turned down the idea if I'd known I'd only get one year? Or one month?...There's no benchmark for how life's supposed to happen, Perry. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it."

"The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending."

"The shadows of the room pool in the lines of our faces, draining our eyes of hue. "There's nothing left worth saying."

"Maybe eventually winter will finish our job for us and end the world in ice instead of blood."

"It’s not about keeping up the population, it’s about passing on who we are and what we've learned, so things keep going. So we don’t just end."

"Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?"

"I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents."

"I can’t seem to make myself care about anything to the right or left of the present."

"I like how you remember things,’ I say. She looks at me. ‘Well, we have to. We have to remember everything. If we don’t, by the time we grow up it’ll be gone for ever."