Quote by A.G. Riddle

“She’s trying to figure out the Plague on her own and not taking what the Rising says for granted.”

— Ally Condie

“Indeed, the one thing these prophecies had in common was that, ultimately, all were reassuring. Unfortunately, though, the plague was not.”

— Albert Camus

“She was like a disease that came along every few years, contaminating everyone in her path.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“Her life wasn’t some medieval romance novel. And even if it had been, she probably would’ve ended up dying of the plague. Now that…

— Shelli Stevens

“Kate, like many other people, found herself a fascinating topic, and when encouraged was very willing to hold forth.”

— John Rowe Townsend

“Leave it to Kate to give me a history lesson immediately after returning from the brink of death.”

— Michelle Madow

“They’d shared a lot that night, including a sickness that had a one hundred percent mortality rate, the plague.”

— Bobby Akart

“When those who lived through the epidemic tried to describe it, they talked about the sudden eerie quiet.”

— Jeanette Keith

“There had been as many plagues in the world as there had been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equelly unprepared.”

— Albert Camus

“I wondered if Kate would harden as my mother had when she was young and her own mother died. Some people exist quite well…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

“There, there, it is but a story," she comforted sadly. "Like all dead people become.”

— M.E. Vaughan

“The joy of those years had its own integrity, and Kate existed within that. She could not be touched by the misery caused by…

— Paul Harding