261 Quotes by Max Brooks

Adversity introduces us to ourselves.

Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you get how it worked? I don't, and anyone who says they do is full of shit.

Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.

I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.

[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.

Terror is a powerful weapon. Terror clouds thought.

Unlike its human counterparts, an army of zombies is completely independent of support. It will not require food,ammunition, or medical attention. It will not succumb to panic, desertion, or out-and-out mutiny. Like the virus that gave it life, this undead force will continue to grow, spreading across the body of this planet until there is nothing left to devour. Where would you go? What would you do?

People are the problem. Nature is your friend.

These trees are happy. Yes, I said it. Why wouldn’t they be, in this rich, soft, rain-washed soil.