--- title: "1 Real-life-endings Quotes By Brian Keene" description: "1 Real-life-endings quotes by Brian Keene. Plus more from Brian Keene and more Real-life-endings sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/brian-keene-37864_desperation_we-re-not-going-to-make-it-i-said-the-wo_2788249.jpg" --- > [“We're not going to make it," I said. The words caught in my throat, choking me. What was it Leslie had said to me when we were discussing Shannon's and Antoinetta's disappearance? 'You're beginning to sound like one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/we-re-not-going-to-make-it-i-said-the-words-caught-in-my-throat/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/brian-keene-37864_desperation_we-re-not-going-to-make-it-i-said-the-wo_2788249.jpg) ## More by Brian Keene > [Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/good-ideas-stay-with-you-until-you-eventually-write-the-story/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [Know your genre. Know your history. Read a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/know-your-genre-know-your-history-read-a-book/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“Save it fucker. I'm gonna slit you open and gut you like a fish and pull out your insides. I'm going to show you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/save-it-fucker-i-m-gonna-slit-you-open-and-gut-you-like-a-fish-and/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“Levi," Maria called. "Come back. We're not finished yet." He paused "What, Maria?" "You asked me what I believe in? I believed in you."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/levi-maria-called-come-back-we-re-not-finished-yet-he-paused-what/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“They want to control humankind through what they call selective breeding. The Nazis started it, but now the nwo are continuing it. See, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/they-want-to-control-humankind-through-what-they-call-selective/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“When you’re writing fulltime like I am, writing to pay the bills and keep a roof over your head and food on the table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/when-you-re-writing-fulltime-like-i-am-writing-to-pay-the-bills-and/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“... When you died, you were supposed to live on in the memories of others. That's what I'd always been told. Didn't matter what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/when-you-died-you-were-supposed-to-live-on-in-the-memories-of-others/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [Jesus Christ-" "Is Not here right now," the man in black replied,"and even if he were, he could not save you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/jesus-christ-is-not-here-right-now-the-man-in-black-replied-and-even/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“We're not going to make it," I said. The words caught in my throat, choking me. What was it Leslie had said to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/we-re-not-going-to-make-it-i-said-the-words-caught-in-my-throat/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“You’re living in your own song.” She”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/you-re-living-in-your-own-song-she/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“We are the Siqqusim! We have stood by, waiting to take possession, and now you are ours. Yidde-oni! Engastrimathos du aba paren tares. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/we-are-the-siqqusim-we-have-stood-by-waiting-to-take-possession-and/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) > [“We are many. Our number is greater than the stars. We are more than infinity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-keene/we-are-many-our-number-is-greater-than-the-stars-we-are-more-than/) [Brian Keene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-keene/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-life-endings/brian-keene/#itemlist", "name": "1 Real-life-endings Quotes By Brian Keene", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We're not going to make it,\" I said. The words caught in my throat, choking me. 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