Jonathan Maberry Quotes

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• I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.

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  Character, Men, True Evil

  Jonathan Maberry (2015). “The Joe Ledger Series, Books 1-3: Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, The King of Plagues”, p.18, St. Martin's Griffin

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• There are moments that define a person's whole life. MOMENTS in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become hinge on a single decision.

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  Decision, May, Moments

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• Often it was the most unlikely people who found within themselves a spark of something greater. It was probably always there, but most people are never tested, and they go through their whole lives without ever knowing that when things are at their worst, they are at their best.

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  Knowing, People, Sparks

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

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• The truth is the truth. What changes is what we know about it and what we're willing to believe.

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  Believe, Truth Is, Willing

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.

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  Alive, Want, Might

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.504, Simon and Schuster

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• A wise man once said that we can't make anyone feel or do anything. We can throw things into the wind, but it's up to each person to decide how they want to react, where they want to stand when things fall.

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  Wise, Fall, Men

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.682, Simon and Schuster

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• There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks.

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  Stars, Moon, Light

  Jonathan Maberry (2010). “Rot & Ruin”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

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  Eye, Mind, Seems

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see that their words hurt someone else, it makes them feel as if they aren't completely powerless.

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  Hurt, Mean, People

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.684, Simon and Schuster

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• Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

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  Long, People, Generosity

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.629, Simon and Schuster

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• They won the war but lost the peace.

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  War, Lost

  Jonathan Maberry (2010). “Rot & Ruin”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• No matter what choice you make, it doesn't define you. Not forever. People can make bad choices and change their minds and hearts and do good things later; just as people can make good choices and then turn around and walk a bad path. No choice we make lasts our whole life. If there's ever a choice you've made that you no longer agree with, you can make another choice.

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  Heart, People, Choices

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• Closure isn't closure until someone's ready to close the door.

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  Doors, Closure, Ready

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.340, Simon and Schuster

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• Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices.

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  Choices, Hatred, Guilt

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.689, Simon and Schuster

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• Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible.

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  Fighting, Allies, Heat

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Dust & Decay”, p.399, Simon and Schuster

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• Suffering is easier to endure when shared.

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  Suffering, Easier, Endure

  Jonathan Maberry (2010). “Rot & Ruin”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

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  Lying, People, Sometimes

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• It's just that I'm fifteen, and I have this crazy idea I might actually have a life in front of me. I don't see how it's going to do me much good to believe that the world is over and this is just an epilogue.

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  Crazy, Believe, Ideas

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.

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  Done, Weapons, Used

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.270, Simon and Schuster

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• Yo! Deadheads," he yelled, waving his sword to taunt them. "Nice try, but you're messing with Benny-freaking-Imura, zombie killer. Booyah!

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  Nice, Zombie, Trying

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Dead & Gone”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week, then there's either something wrong with your skills or something wrong with your world. And there's nothing wrong with my skills.

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  Skills, World, Week

  Jonathan Maberry (2009). “Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel”, p.3, Macmillan

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• We're each alone inside our heads, some more so than others.

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  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.493, Simon and Schuster

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• They held each other and wept as the night closed its fist around their tiny shelter, and the world below them seethed with killers both living and dead.

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  Monday, Night, World

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.242, Simon and Schuster

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• She wept for the hurt that he owned, a hurt she could never hope to remove.

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  Hurt, Remove

  Jonathan Maberry (2011). “Rot and Ruin”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage.

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  Powerful, Sometimes, Shame

  Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.588, Simon and Schuster

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