“The hot, stagnant air, only marginally cooler without the sun’s heat, draped us in its sticky blanket.” — Bobby Adair Sun Copy Share Image
“why the fuck does it hurt when hopes shatter? Isn’t the world full of enough pain over real things, like” — Bobby Adair Enough pain Copy Share Image
“those of us on the chain gang were going to get worked until near death, and then we’d be eaten. The” — Bobby Adair Death Copy Share Image
“systematically looking at each of the fly-covered tattoos on one of the walls.” — Bobby Adair Tattoo Copy Share Image
“people still had hope that a somewhere existed that was better than where they were. As” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“To move was to live. To live… Well, living was better than not. Being” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Better to see coming danger than to simply run and pray. Though I could make a pretty good case for run and… — Bobby Adair Danger Copy Share Image
“A person is nothing if not the product of the lies he believes about himself. ” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Once people get beliefs into their heads, it’s fucking hard to change their minds, no matter how many facts come knocking on… — Bobby Adair Faith Copy Share Image
“Man, I’m just trying to get you lighten up a bit.” “Murphy, we’re looking at a thousand rotting corpses. Lighten up?” “Life… — Bobby Adair Bright side Copy Share Image
“how to quickly stuff my panic into a little black box and ignore it. Panic was the enemy of clear, quick thought… — Bobby Adair Anxiety Copy Share Image
“The only people in the whole world that Salim loved had been killed by the virus that traveled to America in his… — Bobby Adair Death Copy Share Image
“You put a smile on your face and take the world as it comes. You don’t attach your happiness to any false… — Bobby Adair Happiness Copy Share Image
“A race who lives on just one planet is doomed. Eventually, something will happen, whether an alien invasion, an unfortunately proximate pulsar,… — Bobby Adair Alien invasion Copy Share Image
“it’s like you’ve got this dark-hearted picture of yourself that you feel like you need to nurture. Or torture. Maybe” — Bobby Adair Torture Copy Share Image
“Some thoughts should never be conceived. Some questions should never be asked, because they have no answer, and the questions themselves serve… — Bobby Adair Guilt Copy Share Image
“take you upriver somewhere and put you out on the shore. Don’t come back around us. If” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Maybe we’re the all-stars of the apocalypse. Maybe we’re the best.” — Bobby Adair Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“the virus had a benefit I hadn’t thought about. The mosquito bites didn’t itch.” — Bobby Adair Mosquito Bites Copy Share Image
“The folks in this small town had made their last stand at the Piggly Wiggly.” — Bobby Adair Last stand Copy Share Image
“Naked on the bank, they looked like refugees waiting for the mercy of sepsis. It” — Bobby Adair Compassion Copy Share Image
“They had a smokehouse next to the pigpen—kind of morbid for the pigs. The” — Bobby Adair Morbid Copy Share Image
“I’m your nightmare.” I loved that thought. It tantalized me with its power.” — Bobby Adair Nightmare Copy Share Image
“It was the sound of somebody punching a giant marshmallow that announced the detonation.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“A choice to do nothing was a choice to passively die at the hands of a cruel future. I” — Bobby Adair Choice Copy Share Image
“had an imagination full of bad ideas and a pocket full of stupid to spend.” — Bobby Adair Bad idea Copy Share Image
“He was in no shape at that moment to pick the mood up off of the floor, but” — Bobby Adair Moment Copy Share Image
“Fear and hate aren’t rational emotions, and they damn sure don’t depend on the existence of valid reasons. People” — Bobby Adair Emotions Copy Share Image
“The death of our world painted in spectacular beauty on the sky.” — Bobby Adair Beauty Copy Share Image
“For most of human history, life was brutal and bloody. Humanity just took a big backward step toward that.” — Bobby Adair History Copy Share Image
“made his words something of a Rorschach test, and I might be reading too many of my own emotions into it. ” — Bobby Adair Emotions Copy Share Image
“I needed to stop letting my thoughts wander off on their own. They needed adult supervision, and” — Bobby Adair Supervision Copy Share Image
“I jumped and slid over the hood as the fire ignited the leaves of the oak tree shading above me.” — Bobby Adair Fire Copy Share Image
“The upper middle-class cracker neighborhood ignored me, focused instead on its own pockets of human chaos. Four” — Bobby Adair Community Copy Share Image
“How many dead can a person see before the pieces of his soul turn to ash and float off in the wind?” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“It looked like a doomsday prepper and hoarder got married and spread their crap all over the house. The” — Bobby Adair Doomsday Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you say shit and you don’t stop to think how it affects other people.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Dan gave chase with his big, blue-collar hands grasping at my shirttail.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image