"I Am Legend and Other Stories" Quotes
"I Am Legend and Other Stories" is a collection of science fiction and horror tales by Richard Matheson, with the titular story exploring the last man's struggle to survive in a world overrun by vampire-like creatures.
horror | 317 pages | Published in 1954
Quotes
The world was a long time dying. But it was worth the wait.
Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man.
Full circle, he thought while the final lethargy crept into his limbs. Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever.
He stood there for a moment, his mind and body numb, his eyes staring at the floor. The shock was over now, the horror of it blunted by the feeling of unreality.
He fought to hold back the desire to open the door and escape into the cool freshness of night.
It was a world filled with the constant promise of death, a world where the unknown lurked in every shadow.
As he lay in bed, he wondered if he was finally going insane.
In a world of monotonous horror, there could be no salvation in wild dreaming.
He wished he could cry out against it all, but there was nothing to say, no words to express the desolation within him.
The sun rose, revealing a world that had not changed, even if he had.
