What kind of world were we living in, where the people we trusted to keep us healthy were the ones keeping us sick[...]
Mira GrantIt's amazing how effective simple disorientation is as a mechanism for controlling people.
Mira GrantPeople say things like "it wasn't supposed to go this way" and "this isn't what I wanted." They're just making noise. There's no such thing as "supposed to," and what you want doesn't matter. All that matters is what happened.
Mira Grant[M]y Coke hit the floor with a metallic clink, so much like the sound of a bullet casing being dropped.
Mira GrantPeople used to romanticize the natural world, before the Rising. These days, we mostly just run away from it.
Mira Grant[H]e looked at me gravely and asked, "Are you ready?"
"No," I said. "I'm pretty sure I've never been ready for anything that had to be prefaced with that question.
The only question is whether they're going to get caught, and so far, the answer's been 'no.' Things are chaotic. No one knows exactly what's going on, and the people carrying out the orders aren't the ones giving them. As long as no one ever gives the order that says 'let those people die, they don't matter,' nothing illegal is being done.
Mira GrantYou all cool?"
"I'm cool," confirmed Becks.
"I haven't been 'cool' since arriving in this godforsaken hellhole you persist in claiming is a civilized nation. I am, however, ready to go violate a few more laws.
Journalism must have been very different before people resolved so many of their conflicts with bullets.
Mira GrantIt's amazing how many of the things needed for a basic biology lab are capable of blowing up, if you're willing to try very, very hard, and don't much care about possibly losing a few fingers in the process.
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