2 Quotes by Rick Yancey The 5th Wave

When the power goes out, we jump up to...To what? It's weird. We're so used to electricity, when it's gone, we don't know what to do. So we jump up or squeal or start jabbering like idiots. We panic. It's like someone cut off our oxygen.

Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.