My father has always had just one piece of advice about zombies and ammunition, one he’s drilled into my head enough times that it’s managed to stick: When you have one bullet left and there’s no visible way out of the shit you’re standing in, save it for yourself. It’s better than the alternative.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY Rocky, if I’ve learned anything from my train wreck of a marriage, it’s that no one can take car... STARR AMBROSE BELIEVE IN YOURSELF ALWAYS; FOR NO ONE ELSE CAN EVER DO THAT FOR YOU BETTER THAN YOURSELF JOB LAZARUS OKELLO. You mean there’s someone out there better than your father? (Quills) No, idiot. My father tra... SHERRILYN KENYON If there’s one thing I can’t stand about licentious behaviour, it’s when I’m not involved. MARK LAWRENCE Sometimes I feel like I’m a stranger here. In my own hometown. It’s always been that way. Then I... C.D. REISS If it’s about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing t... JENNIE FINCH No, it’s because you’re fucking pathetic. You’re no better than a human and to top it off you�... R.L. MATHEWSON The music cuts out and suddenly my breathing sounds really loud. 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JHONEN VáSQUEZ There’s always going to be one more thing. Because that’s what infinite feels like. And the diff... B.J. NOVAK His head turns fractionally toward me, his eyes darkest slate. I bite my lip. “Oh, fuck the p... E.L. JAMES Because I’m a cat. A big one, the Panther of Rough Storms, in fact. But still a cat. If there’s ... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE No past and no future. Save for the fireworker himself, no one ever knows the grand finale is the gr... GARTH RISK HALLBERG And I know when you’re a teenager everybody feels different and alien to the other people around t... SEAN KENNEDY I think zombies are kind of cute.” “Seriously?” “I may be thinking about bunnies. ... DEREK LANDY I suppose if you take enough slim chances, you are bound to create success out of one if you stick w... CHRIS HILL There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got t... 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MUNIA KHAN One day I’ll get a tattoo for you.” Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark ... KATIE MCGARRY I’ve never liked the term ‘actor’.” Barron spoke slowly, joining hands with the cast members... VINCENT H. O'NEIL You deserve better. I can’t promise you I’ll stay around, not because I don’t want to. It’s ... JENNIFER NIVEN If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the ma... BRADY UDALL It’s about Nietzsche’s theory of universal debt. Your parents make it possible for you to believ... THOMM QUACKENBUSH If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to you... BEVERLEY MITCHELL One of the things that has brought me a lot of success the last five years was performing. At my fir... JENNY PHILLIPS Oh I believe in loving cats and dogs and children and parents – sometimes – but I don’t believ... AMY JENKINS Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shorelin... SARAH KAY There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s... NICOLA YOON The way I feel about you . . . it’s crazy.” “You got the crazy part right,” she snapped... JAMIE MCGUIRE There’s no respect for older people at all today, and that’s saddening. Look at the way crime ag... STEPHEN RICHARDS There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople bill... TUPAC SHAKUR This isn’t about the Ravens. This is about you. This is about everything it took you to get to thi... NORA SAKAVIC When she left, it was like someone had ripped my heart out, crumbled it up like a flimsy piece of lo... STEPH CAMPBELL It has made me better loving you... it has made me wiser, and easier, and brighter. I used to want a... HENRY JAMES The first report that I got was a broken pelvis and massive head trauma. I was like, 'No knee injury... THOMAS VONN Jon is a guy who saddles himself with lots of responsibility. He loves that, drives on it. That’s ... RICHIE SAMBORA I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating... J. CORNELL MICHEL I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stan... KAREN MUELLER COOMBS I suppose it’s easier to see the way out of anything when you’ve found your way out of that maze... CECELIA AHERN People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared ... LA'PORSHA RENAE I had a job when I was 15 working at a supermarket, and I knocked over a stack of plastic coffee cup... ANTONY STARR Flows of shit» , muttered Bat, «I’d go insane, listening to that all day. It’s just a river of... WARREN ELLIS Hermione, if Harry’s seen a Grim, that’s — that’s bad,” he said. “My — my uncle B... J.K. ROWLING Grey is… such a mean word. 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GRANT GUSTIN What is the death of a soldier even off duty of an occupying army walking in an occupied territory a... LINDA GRANT I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail. HUGH GRANT I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'... HUGH GRANT I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'... HUGH GRANT Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face. HUGH GRANT The artists realise it will take time. It is an upliftment process. EDDY GRANT There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not So... EDDY GRANT I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claimin... EDDY GRANT Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths. ADAM GRANT For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitt... ADAM GRANT Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence. ADAM GRANT Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and client... ADAM GRANT Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unex... ADAM GRANT From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, sho... ADAM GRANT I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed. ADAM GRANT It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment,... ADAM GRANT One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining - intentionally hindering ... ADAM GRANT To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people c... 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Does that poke fun at being British? Maybe it does. In 'Mickey Blue Eyes... HUGH GRANT My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite ... GRANT ACHATZ If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country. AMY GRANT He’s a murdering chud,” Zil was yelling. “What do you want to do? Lynch him?” Astrid de... MICHAEL GRANT Last year, when I got that stress fracture and I was out for a while, I got really down on myself. M... ADAM GRANT To be honest, sometimes a rock worm feels like cheating because it's fishing a worm. It is a fantast... ADAM GRANT These flies hatch in the early spring and late fall. It's a dry fly that is usually fished pretty sm... ADAM GRANT This is a great pattern because you can dead drift a hot head leech, and toward the end of the cast,... ADAM GRANT The main principles for trout fishing are food and cover. If fish can get under the (ice) shelf and ... ADAM GRANT It's best to try and get it when the river's coming down a bit. When it's warm enough for the fish t... ADAM GRANT But we are not thinking about those things right now. We just want to focus on getting better every ... ADAM GRANT A scud is another one of my other winter flies. On the Reef it is the fly. ADAM GRANT When I look back at the pictures of our blended family the day Vince and I married, he and I are smi... AMY GRANT I want us to cool down for a while before we end up on horses' said Scully. 'What?' Hank ... CHARLES GRANT Scared people did scary things sometimes, MICHAEL GRANT He didn't mind if she hated him. They were never going to be a cute romantic couple like Sam and Ast... MICHAEL GRANT Look at us! Are we not proof that there is no good, no evil, no truth, no reason? Are we not proof t... GRANT MORRISON Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get olde... GRANT HILL I'm not a combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict by raising the iss... ALISTAIR GRANT I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. GRANT HILL The 1980s are to debt what the 1960s were to sex. The 1960s left a hangover. So will the 1980s. JAMES GRANT The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war t... LINDA GRANT I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think t... GRANT SHOW Divorce is a game played by lawyers. CARY GRANT I improve on misquotation. CARY GRANT I think that there were only two people in my high school that were comfortable there, and I think ... GRANT SHOW Sam was slow getting up. To Quinn he looked like an old man standing up after slipping on the ice. B... MICHAEL GRANT Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder. GRANT HILL Agreeable people are warm and friendly. They're nice; they're polite. You find a lot of them... ADAM GRANT By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for im... ADAM GRANT 'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' ... JOHN GRANT Now, with Annie gone, I'm looking for a new dog. I have a lot of duck hunting planned, and I can... BUD GRANT I had a MRSA infection on my ankle. At the time, I had never heard of MRSA. I didn't really know... GRANT HILL The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skill... ADAM GRANT