The 5th Wave
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Quotes

The Others know that as long as there are humans who love, there will be humans who hate. And so the Others know that as long as they take our loved ones from us, we will hate them for it. And hate is a powerful weapon.

Rick Yancey

The only thing I ever wanted was to be happy. But if I couldn’t be happy, I could at least be safe.

Rick Yancey

I don’t care what you say. I don’t care what you do. I’m going to be there anyway. I’m going to live through this. And when it’s all over, I’m still going to be here, standing.

Rick Yancey

I may have been broken, but I was still me. I was still alive. And as long as I was alive, I could fight.

Rick Yancey

We're here, and then we're gone, and it's not about the time we're here, but what we do with the time.

Rick Yancey

Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.

Rick Yancey

But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the story end this way.

Rick Yancey

It's like being in love, discovering your best friend.

Rick Yancey

I may be the last one, but I am the one still standing. I am the one turning to face the faceless hunter in the woods on an abandoned highway. I am the one not running but facing. Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity's last war, then I am the battlefield.

Rick Yancey

The thing about killing is you can't do it without getting your hands dirty.

Rick Yancey