38 Quotes by Josh Malerman

She remembers yelling, so much yelling, so much saying 'no no no, Tom, NO!'But if you tell someone "no" enough times, they start thinking "yes", just to hear something else, just to hear a different word, they start thinking YES.

It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.

You're going to have to open your eyes.

It’s just one of the old-world fears, carrying over.”“What’s that?”“The fear of the cellar.

Boots, bushes, gardens, storefronts, buildings, streets, and stars. Why, she would have had to re-create the globe for them. But the best they got was fish. And the Boy loved them.

She breathes deep and looks at Rick for the first time with hope ... It's as if this is the first time the question has ever mattered to Malorie. Suddenly there is room in her life for such luxuries as names.

The moment between deciding to open your eyes and then actually doing it is as scary a thing as there is in the new world.

He reads on: 'In every corner of this community, somebody is attempting something new. For this, they've had their share of tragedies.'Tom nods. Of course they have. They had to have. That's how invention works. Failures are guaranteed.Doesn't Malorie understand that? Doesn't she get that you can wear a blindfold your entire life, but all you're doing is perpetuating the lie that you cannot see?

Some people choose to wait for news and others make their own.