“There are five thousand species of insect and animal who are hidden, watching us, listening to us right now. And we figured out how to blend in with the trees. Is that our big achievement, Private Tonka? We’re finally as… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.” — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“War is embarrassing, Mom would say. And none of this fighting will mean anything in ten years. Of course she was both right and… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“It’s the spaces between words, the downbeats in a conversation in which two people feel bad for having fought.” — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“Don’t get killed,” Marla says. “I won’t.” “Oh yeah?” “That’s not my story. Not how my story is gonna end.” “That’s just about the… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“Philosophy doesn’t travel at the same speed technology does. It takes a man forty years to realize what it took his father forty years… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“She’d heard of people, adults usually, intentionally turning a good thing into a bad thing. When things were going good, adults liked to ruin… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s because people can’t see the end that they agree to begin.” — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“By 1914 the world wised up. And you know what we got out of it? Do you know what thousands of years of military… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things just got too complicated. Something unwanted was added to something wanted and blew the whole thing apart.” — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“Wires run from under the back door into the first-floor bedrooms, where amplifiers alert Malorie and the children to any sounds coming from outside… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
