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A zombie apocalypse survivor reflects on life and loss while participating in a mission to reclaim a devastated New York City.

fiction | Published in 2012

Quotes

"Slowly, slowly, the world we knew had become the world we’d feared."

Colson Whitehead

He looked at it for a moment, shifted his focus. What was he supposed to do with it? Find a way to press on? Pretend that the flash drive represented hope?

Colson Whitehead

They seemed just as goddamn unhappy to whine and moan about their depleted biosphere as they were in contemplating its utopian unspoiledness.

Colson Whitehead

You're not the first to have a bad day, and you won't be the last.

Colson Whitehead

"When you’re trying to understand people better, it helps to look at the things they throw away."

Colson Whitehead

Survival, ah yes. It was no longer fashionable to use that term, as if physical existence were humanity's highest calling and nonexistence some kind of spiritual failure.

Colson Whitehead

Faces were strictly taboo for nostalgia junkies.

Colson Whitehead

Eventually, their eyes respected their territory and their intentions joined forces. All was smooth sailing from then on.

Colson Whitehead

Having a gun is an old-fashioned way to talk to people you don’t talk to anymore.

Colson Whitehead

"You've got to find something to hold on to, something to do, I think," Gary said. "Keep moving, keep living."

Colson Whitehead