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title: "2 Apocalyptic Quotes By Justin Cronin"
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> [And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/and-i-grew-up-on-a-steady-diet-of-science-fiction-especially/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

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> [“How stark everything became, at the end, all the wishes for one's children distilled by the world's swift cruelty into the desperate hope that death would take them fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/how-stark-everything-became-at-the-end-all-the-wishes-for-one-s/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

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## Other authors on Apocalyptic

## More by Justin Cronin

> [“The greatest faith is the willingness to ask in the first place, all evidence to the contrary. Faith not just in God, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/the-greatest-faith-is-the-willingness-to-ask-in-the-first-place-all/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“They say that the moment your life appears before your eyes will be your last, but I'm here to say that it's not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/they-say-that-the-moment-your-life-appears-before-your-eyes-will-be/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“It was more than physical attraction; it was the broken thing inside him she loved most of all, the unreachable place where he kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/it-was-more-than-physical-attraction-it-was-the-broken-thing-inside/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [It's different being afraid when there's the hope it will amount to something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/it-s-different-being-afraid-when-there-s-the-hope-it-will-amount-to/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/vampires-have-always-been-hot-they-are-one-of-our-most-durable/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“There was a term he knew and thought of now; he had heard it used only in the context of aviation, to explain how,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/there-was-a-term-he-knew-and-thought-of-now-he-had-heard-it-used-only/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“His father had always said, Son, the most important thing in life is to make a contribution. Who would have thought Kittridge’s contribution would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/his-father-had-always-said-son-the-most-important-thing-in-life-is-to/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“I could have held his hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/i-could-have-held-his-hand/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [It was what you did, Wolgast understood; you started to tell a story about who you were, and soon enough the lies were all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/it-was-what-you-did-wolgast-understood-you-started-to-tell-a-story/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“This isn't a question of odds. Of all the men in the world, that woman hose you. If she's still out there, she's waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/this-isn-t-a-question-of-odds-of-all-the-men-in-the-world-that-woman/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/i-came-to-houston-for-a-job-the-reason-most-people-move-halfway/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [And indeed, I am a warmhearted and thoroughly domestic man who gets up and makes pancakes for his children and kisses them on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/and-indeed-i-am-a-warmhearted-and-thoroughly-domestic-man-who-gets-up/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/when-you-write-you-take-the-ball-and-you-hold-it-up-to-the-light-and/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“Wolgast recalled when he’d come down here with his friends to buy candy and comic books. Back then, a spinning wire rack had stood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/wolgast-recalled-when-he-d-come-down-here-with-his-friends-to-buy/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

> [“It's all well and good to save the human race. You could say I'm in favor. But you might want to pay a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-cronin/it-s-all-well-and-good-to-save-the-human-race-you-could-say-i-m-in/)

[Justin Cronin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-cronin/)

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