Mira Grant Quotes & Sayings

Brains are the only things that stand between a living person and a gruesome death. Or maybe brains and Kevlar. — Mira Grant

There's always somebody willing and waiting to make a buck off somebody else's pain. — Mira Grant

His idea of traffic safety is going too fast for the cops to catch up. — Mira Grant

Mad science may be a little more fun and fancy-free than the boring mainstream kind, but that doesn't make it more exciting on a day-to-day basis. If anything, mad science steals the excitement from a lot of things that should be exciting, like surprise fires, stabbing people with needles, and the occasional ceiling octopus. — Mira Grant

Isn't that the justification used by every scientist who made something wonderful, only to discover that they've made something terrible? 'We did it for Science. — Mira Grant

Yeah, well, right now? Right now, I think being crazy may be the only thing that's keeping me sane. — Mira Grant

That's what humanity does when faced with wolves. We take them in, tame them, and teach them how to keep us safe. — Mira Grant

Once Sally gets an idea in her head, there's not much room for too much else ... — Mira Grant

My story ended where so many stories have ended since the Rising: with a man - in this case, my adoptive brother and best friend, Shaun - holding a gun to the base of my skull as the virus in my blood betrayed me, transforming me from a thinking human being into something better suited to a horror movie. — Mira Grant

I swallowed the urge to sigh. Sometimes it can be easy to forget that I don't really work with anyone my own age. Except on the rare occasions where Joey or Danika decide to call me up for a chat, I am the lone adult in a sea of children, like Captain Hook finally taking full responsibility for the Lost Boys after getting rid of that loser Pan. — Mira Grant

I guess in the end, it doesn't matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had. — Mira Grant

Last guy I was interested in turned out to be an incestuous necrophiliac," she said. "So no, not currently dating, and definitely not doing any more shopping in the 'sociopath' category — Mira Grant

The problem with people who have power is that they start thinking more about what it takes to keep that power than they do about what's right or wrong or just plain a bad idea. — Mira Grant

People crave fear. — Mira Grant

Maybe if we'd had more information...It wouldn't have made a difference at all. Those doors were already locked. What was going to happen was already a foregone conclusion. All that could have changed is the details.

Sometimes, it's the details that matter the most of all. — Mira Grant

I wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less. — Mira Grant

They come to us, these restless dead,
Shrouds woven from the words of men,
With trumpets sounding overhead
(The walls of hope have grown so thin
And all our vaunted innocence
Has withered in this endless frost)
That promise little recompense
For all we risk, for all we've lost ... — Mira Grant

Remember what I said about the mosquitoes?" "Which part" asked Maggie. "The scary part, the really scary part, the legitimately terrifying part, or the part that makes suicide sound like an awesome way to spend the evening? — Mira Grant

We live in a world where joy is possible, love is possible, happiness is possible; where all things are possible, if we're willing to take the time, take a chance, take a breath and step off the edge of everything that is for the sake of everything that might be. — Mira Grant

And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:
You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve. — Mira Grant

See, Berkeley has always drawn the nuts and flakes of the academic world. That's what happens when you have a university that offers degrees in both computer science and parapsychology. — Mira Grant

Most guys my age have girlfriends and drinking buddies on their speed dial. Me, I have the Memphis CDC. — Mira Grant

Because we chose to tell the truth
(The cool of age, the rage of youth)
And stand against the lies of old
(The whispers soft, the tales untold)
We find ourselves the walking dead
(The love unkept, the words unsaid)
And in the crypt of all we've known
(The broken blade, the breaking stone)
We know that we were in the right
(The coming dawn, the ending night).
So here is when we stop the lies.
The time is come. We have to Rise. — Mira Grant

I guess being brought back from the dead and used as a CDC lab rat would fuck up just about anybody. — Mira Grant

This constant 'stay inside and let yourself be protected' mentality has gotten more people killed than all the accidental exposures in the world. It's like we're all addicted to being afraid. — Mira Grant

Science was competitive because it was full of scientists. — Mira Grant

Both my parents were Irish, and the Irish word for "suntan" is "burn. — Mira Grant

We can raise the dead. We can cure cancer. We can make the world better in every possible way, save one: No matter how hard we try, we just can't cure stupid. — Mira Grant

Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end. — Mira Grant

Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one. — Mira Grant

Never yell in the middle of a mystery. It distracts people from the core issues - those being "What the fuck is going on?" and "How do we all get through this alive? — Mira Grant

Sometimes humanity is the reason we can't have nice things. — Mira Grant

The rest of the question-and-answer period was pretty standard stuff, with a few hardballs thrown in just to keep things interesting. Where did the senator stand on the death penalty? Given that most corpses tended to get up and try to eat folks, he didn't see it as a productive pursuit. What was his opinion on public health care? Failure to keep people healthy enough to stay alive bordered on criminal negligence. Was he prepared to face the ongoing challenges of disaster preparedness? After the mass reanimations following the explosions in San Diego, he couldn't imagine any presidency surviving without improved disaster planning. — Mira Grant

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. — Mira Grant

Do I give money to charity and help old-lady zombies across streets so that they can bite babies? — Mira Grant

People blame science. Shit, man, people shouldn't blame science. People should blame people. — Mira Grant

Of course, if we were lucky, we wouldn't be getting chased by an army of zombies through the quarantine area that used to be downtown Santa Cruz. We'd be somewhere safer, like Bikini Atoll just before the bomb testing kicked off. — Mira Grant

You don't usually come back from walking the dog with women who look like they just escaped from The Care Bears Meet Mad Max. (Tom)
To be fair, that's less a statement of the sort of things I'm likely to find interesting, and more a critique of the available resources. If the woods gave me more Mad Max refugees, I would definitely bring them home. (Dr. Abbey) — Mira Grant

We're going to tell the truth." I glanced toward him. "Hopefully, that's going to be enough. — Mira Grant

Being able to be presented with differing opinions on the same issue is one of the glories of a free media, and it should make people stop and think. But a lot of people don't want to. They don't want to admit that whatever line being touted by their idol of the moment might not be unbiased and without ulterior motive. — Mira Grant

I took his hand and shook it. Even with all the training I've had to desensitize me to the necessity of occasional contact with strangers, the gesture felt wrong. You aren't supposed to touch people you don't know. Not unless they've just demonstrated their infection status with a successful blood test, and maybe not even then. — Mira Grant

I don't know how long I can do this before I go sane, and I can't cope anymore. — Mira Grant

The only way anyone ever knows what matters to them is by losing it. If losing something breaks you in a way that can never be repaired, then that was what mattered. Now you know. Congrats. Try to live with it. — Mira Grant

One, you don't know everything. Two, what you don't know can absolutely hurt you. And three, someone's getting fucked. The only question is, who's wearing the strap-on? — Mira Grant

Shaun get your sister her glasses. She looks naked without them. It's creeping me out. — Mira Grant

That,' he said, with almost religious fever, 'was the coolest thing you have ever done. In fact, that may have been the coolest thing you ever will do. Your entire existence has been moving toward one shining moment, George, and that was the moment when you thought, 'Hey, why don't I just go over the zombies? — Mira Grant

But it never touched me. Not until Memphis. — Mira Grant

The fact that he was still smiling was either a testament to his training or an argument in favor of stimulants. — Mira Grant

The CDC has also said that it's virtually impossible to tell a murder victim killed by a shot to the head or spinal column from an infected individual put down legally in the same fashion. What is your answer to critics of the relaxed gun control laws who hold that gun-related violence has actually increased, but has been masked by the postmortem amplification of the Kellis-Amberlee virus? — Mira Grant

Now do what you do best. Break this fucking thing wide open, and let the pieces fall. — Mira Grant

You bastard."
"My parents were married. — Mira Grant

It's the oldest story in the world. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back thanks to the unethical behavior of megalomaniacal mad scientists who never met a corpse they wouldn't try to resurrect. Anyone coming within a hundred yards of my happy ending had better pray that they're immune to bullets. - Shaun Mason — Mira Grant

Kelly Nakata didn't know much about what was going on, but she knew that once a dog starts biting for no good reason, it doesn't tend to stop. — Mira Grant

Do your research. Do your homework. Learn what this man would do to our country in the name of preserving a brand of freedom that is as destructive as it is impossible to secure. Know your enemy. — Mira Grant

Everyone belongs somewhere. Some of us are just lucky enough to figure out where it is while there's still time for us to find a way to get there. And once we arrive, we will never, ever leave.'
Juliet Seghers-Ward — Mira Grant

A fresh Coke would keep me from thinking too hard about the tools he was using to do the job. — Mira Grant

Next time you're wearing the 'look at my titties' shirt, and I'm filling the tank. — Mira Grant

Apparently, the voices in my head couldn't hear each other. That was just another slice of crazy pie. — Mira Grant

There are people who will tell you that the ends justify the means, right up until they're talking about their own ends. Then, suddenly, morals and ethics matter. Funny thing, that. - Dr. Shannon — Mira Grant

Even saying good-bye isn't enough. There's always one more thing you should have had the time to say, or do, or ask. There's always going to be that one missing piece. — Mira Grant

Alien eyes watched the strange metal object as it floated upward. There was blood in the water. Their home had been invaded. They would respond. — Mira Grant

I would have dismissed [the email] as spam, except for the first word: urgent. People stopped flinging that word around like confetti after the Rising. Somehow, the potential for missing the message that zombies just ate your mom made offering to give people a bigger dick seem less important. — Mira Grant

I'm sorry, but you're kinda losing me here. I'm happy to keep apologizing, but I do need to know what I'm apologizing for. — Mira Grant

Impulse control problems don't usually come with a body count. — Mira Grant

This was it: this was the moment where I would have to decide whether I wanted to be the girl I'd always been, or whether I was ready to become someone new. Someone who was brave enough to crawl into the dark alone, and see where the risk would take her. Someone who was going to survive. — Mira Grant

Then you know why I'm not in the mood for sunshine and puppies." I paused. "That expression makes no sense. Why the hell would I ever be in the mood for puppies?"
"Shaun - "
"I could go with sunshine, though. Sunshine is useful. It should really be 'sunshine and shotguns.' Something you'd actually be happy about."
"Shaun - — Mira Grant

Indy Rivers got things done. Maybe she was a fictional character, but they were in a fictional place, in a fictional situation. There were worse things to be than fictional. — Mira Grant

I hate that word [insane]. All it means is 'you don't think like I do,' and by that standard, everyone is insane. It's a meaningless idea. — Mira Grant

She was sitting on the counter, holding a can of Coke. "Looking for this?" she asked.
"My savior." I walked toward her, making grabbing motions. "Gimme. Gimme sweet, sweet caffeine."
"The word is 'please,' Mason. — Mira Grant

And those people? They like it when you're scared. So they do their best to sit on the truth, — Mira Grant

I was tired of being a haunted house' he said. 'Thank you for coming home. — Mira Grant

She's sleeping in the Ebola Room? — Mira Grant

We are a nation equally afraid of gathering together and being alone. — Mira Grant

Humanity has always been disturbingly happy to sacrifice its future on the alter of right now. — Mira Grant

Certain lines can't be uncrossed,
Certain maps will get you lost,
Once you're past the border, then you'll have to play the game.
Roll the dice but count the cards,
Break the glass but keep the shards.
The world is out of order. It's been broken since you came.
The broken doors are hidden in the blood and in the bone.
My darling child, be careful now, and don't go out alone. — Mira Grant

Gregory smiled a little, holding up an empty syringe. "I'm afraid you don't have all that much choice in the matter. I added a little something to your IV line. We'll see you in a few hours."
"What - ?" My eyes widened. "You bastard."
"My parents were married."
"You could have ... could have asked me ... " My voice was already slowing down. I didn't know whether it was psychosomatic or just very well timed, but either way, I was pissed. — Mira Grant

The day was getting more interesting by the minute. I just had to hope it was the sort of interesting we'd live to talk about later. — Mira Grant

That's the danger of genius. One way or another, it's going to destroy the world. — Mira Grant

She told the truth as she saw it, and she died for it. I came along for the ride, and I lived. It wasn't worth it. But it was the truth, and it was what had to happen. — Mira Grant

The first rule we were taught in medical school was A cadaver is not a toy. — Mira Grant

To learn more about parasites, check out Parasite Rex, by Carl Zimmer. There are many, many books on the subject, but his is one of the most accessible jumping-on points you're likely to find. Welcome to the war. — Mira Grant

Besides, killing all the humans will totally trash the cable schedule, and there are some shows I'm really excited to have back on the air. — Mira Grant

As soon as the dead started walking, they stopped sharing their secrets with the living. — Mira Grant

That's the trouble with being scared all the time. Eventually, people just go numb. — Mira Grant

Our story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-six years: with an idiot
in this case, my brother, Shaun
deciding it would be a good idea to go out and poke a zombie with a stick to see what happens. — Mira Grant

People used to romanticize the natural world, before the Rising. These days, we mostly just run away from it. — Mira Grant

I guess when you're one of the richest people on the planet, you can buy yourself a window that never shows you anything ugly. — Mira Grant

The broken doors are open - come and enter and be home. My darling girl, be careful now, and don't go out alone. — Mira Grant

How many miles to Babylon? Three-score and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, there and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You will get there by candle-light — Mira Grant

There was no single index case. It all began, and ended, too fast for that sort of record keeping to endure. — Mira Grant

Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do, and that if you choose wrong, there may not be that many things left to choose. Sometimes the wrong choice is the only one that lets you face the end with dignity, grace, and the awareness that you're doing the right thing.
I'm not sure we can recognize those moments until they've passed us. — Mira Grant

This is crap," Shaun said, withdrawing his arm.
"Right," I agreed.
"Absolutely fucking crap."
"No argument."
"I want to punch somebody right about now."
"Not it," Rick said.
"I punch back," Steve said. — Mira Grant

say love is what keeps us together. The — Mira Grant

Hate to ask you this, Sal, but is it all right if we don't go straight back to your house? I think I need to stop at the hospital." I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand as I forced myself to sit up. "Okay," I said, in a small voice. — Mira Grant

No one's ever come up with a universal color scheme for the apocalypse, and if ours wanted to come in neon and peppermint stripe, well. That was okay. — Mira Grant

The lab isn't evil, it's ethically challenge. We do good things.
I bet Frankenstein told himself the same thing. — Mira Grant

And then everything was in the hands of gravity, which has never had much love for the terminally stupid. — Mira Grant

And thus, in a single moment, did my life go from unbearably strange, but still tolerable, to actively impossible. I am willing to allow that, once one lives in a world where science can transform mosquitoes into the harbingers of the apocalypse, the rules of our forefathers have, perhaps, ceased to apply. — Mira Grant

Why is it you assholes always feel the need to tell the media your evil plans before you kill us?" asked Becks. "Is it a union requirement or something? — Mira Grant

That was what separated us from the zombies. — Mira Grant