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Ignorance was the enemy. Lies and superstition, misinformation, disinformation. Sometimes, no information at all. Ignorance killed billions of people. Ignorance caused the Zombie War.
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because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a peaceful and comfortable world, they'll probably go right back to being as selfish and narrow-minded and generally shitty to one another as we were."
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Max Brooks |
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That's the one thing you can always depend on; as we're fighting one war, we're always preparing for the next one.
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war
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Max Brooks |
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But isn't the human factor what connects us so deeply to our past? Will future generations care as much for chronologies and casualty statistics as they would for personal accounts of individuals not so different from themselves? By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kinds of personal detachment from a history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it?
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Max Brooks |
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You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler"
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Max Brooks |
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It's a lot easier to blow up trains than to make them run on time.
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Max Brooks |
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I'm not going to say the war was a good thing. I'm not that much of a sick fuck, but you've got to admit that it did bring people together.
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Max Brooks |
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You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.
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Max Brooks |
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The book of war, the one we've been writing since one ape slapped another, was completely useless in this situation. We had to write a new one from scratch.
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Max Brooks |
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During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against "dangerous thought." Whether accounts of zombie attacks perished in the flames will never be known. This obscure section of a medical manuscript, preserved in the wall of an executed Chinese scholar, might be proof of such attacks."
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Max Brooks |
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I can't tell you if this is the right path; the future is too mountainous to see to far ahead. ... Only 'the gods' know what awaits us at its end.
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Max Brooks |
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So I put it out of its misery, if it really was miserable, and tried not to think about it. That was another thing they taught us at Willow Creek: don't write their eulogy, don't try to imagine who they used to be, how they came to be here, how they came to be this. I know, who doesn't do that, right? Who doesn't look at one of those things and just naturally start to wonder? It's like reading the last page of a book... your imagination jus..
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Max Brooks |
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The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any of the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been some kind of all-seeing, all-knowing, global illuminati. For starters, we never hand that kind of funding.
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zombies
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Max Brooks |
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and that bastard Breckinridge Scott, yes, the Phalanx king, still hiding like a rat in his Antarctic Fortress of Scumditude. --Arthur Sinclair
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Max Brooks |
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Because Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.
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Max Brooks |
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El miedo, el miedo es la mercancia mas valiosa del universo. Encended la television ?Que veis? ?Gente vendiendo productos? NO. Gente vendiendo el miedo que teneis de vivir sin sus productos. El miedo vende
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miedo
producto
ventas
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Max Brooks |
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But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead.
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zombies
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Max Brooks |
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Unlike the escapee, your team of hunters will be out during the brightest, hottest, most excruciating part of the day. Make sure each hunter is well supplied with water and antisunstroke accessories.
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the-zombie-survival-guide
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Max Brooks |
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It was me, only me. Self-contained, self-reliant, and always, unquestionably self-assured.
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Max Brooks |
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Joy, sadness, confidence, anxiety, love, hatred, fear-all of these feelings and thousands more that make up the human "heart" are as useless to the living dead as the organ of the same name. Who knows if this is humanity's greatest weakness or strength? The debate continues, and probably will forever."
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inspirational
love
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Max Brooks |
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And then you got us. Yeah, we stopped the zombie menace, but we're the ones who let it become a menace in the first place. At least we're cleaning up our own mess, and maybe that's the best epitaph to hope for. "Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess."
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responsibility
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Max Brooks |
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They used to call it the 'Great War'. But I'll be damned if I could tell you what was so 'great' about it. They also called it 'the war to end all wars'...'cause they figured it was so big and awful that the world'd just have to come to its senses and make damn sure we never fought another one ever again. That woulda been a helluva nice story. But the truth's got an ugly way of killin' nice stories.
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truth
war
world-war-i
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Max Brooks |
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Feelings of any kind are not known to the walking dead. Every form of psychological warfare, from attempts at enraging the undead to provoking pity have all met with disaster. Joy, sadness, confidence, anxiety, love, hatred, fear--all of these feelings and thousands more that make up the human "heart" are as useless to the living dead as the organ of the same name. Who knows if this is humanity's greatest weakness or strength? The debate co..
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human
living-dead
zombie
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Max Brooks |
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What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment.
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risk
threat
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Max Brooks |
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Survival is the key word to remember--not victory, not conquest, just survival.
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Max Brooks |