761 Quotes by Rick Yancey

Ninety-seven. Ninety-eight. Two more and I’ve won. I hear the same girl—she must be standing close by—whisper, “Come on.”On the ninety-ninth push-up, Reznik shoves me down with his heel. I fall hard on my chest, roll my cheek against the asphalt, and there’s his puffy face and tiny pale eyes an inch from mine.Ninety-nine; one short. The bastard.

One day private ringer you're going to smile at something I say and the world will break in half.

I know what you're thinking," he says."No. You don't.""You're wondering if you should kiss me good-bye.

´They made a major mistake´, he blurted out, ´the dumb bastards, when they didn´t start by killing you first.´´Benjamin Thomas Parish, that was the sweetest and most bizarre compliment anyone´s ever given me.´I kissed him on the cheek. He kissed me on the mouth.´You know,´ I whispered, ´a year ago, I would have sold my soul for that.´

Pining for things we lost is the same as hoping for things that can never be. Both roads dead-end in despair.

Private Zombie, did your mother have any children that lived?""Sir! Yes, sir!""I bet when you were born she took one look at you and tried to shove you back in!

There's nothing left to say. There's a million things left to say.

When I cry - when I let myself cry - that's who I cry for. I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cassie that's gone.And I wonder what that Cassie would think of me.The Cassie who kills.

The boot hasn't crushed the roach.Not yet.