Joshua Guess > Quotes

“a loveable asshole is preferable to a sweet liar.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“Stress can wear away at you for a long time, and the last straw can be the smallest thing.”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“buy it. Read it. Enjoy it, and most importantly, share it.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“Now most of them are roaming around, hungry and vacant shells. Hmm. I just described most college students. Alright, let me add: also dead.”
― Joshua Guess, With Spring Comes the Fall

“Their eyes met, deep brown locking with light blue like the forest meeting the sky.”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“There is literally not enough nope in the world to show how emphatically that isn't going to happen,”
― Joshua Guess, Genesis Game

“Being in the middle of the region's largest superhuman hub had its advantages. Louisville boasted a variety of services made possible only by the advent of the Next. Common abilities such as super speed and flight made delivering goods all over the city cheap and competitive. The morning donuts were usually brought to the facility by a man who could run at just below the speed of sound.”
― Joshua Guess, Next

“Years of friendship carried a kind of emotional momentum, the heart being an illogical thing. He”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“an unmistakable sound froze him in place. Tires crunched over the gravel of the long driveway,”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“Makes you wonder how many people were psychopaths just waiting for a chance.” Andrea”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“Kell spent an uneventful six days living in the bunker alone while his mentor returned home to bring more runners. The find was too good to leave to chance, and during that time he took notes, planning out the items he would need to find to begin working on the solution to the plague. He also read one of the paperbacks lying around the main office. “More James Patterson,” he had muttered to himself.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“People who gave up everything they know for the mere possibility of something better were bound to be disappointed by the reality they now faced.”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“The plan was like any other—only good until the moment of first contact.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“Rule number one of survival is to never show your neck to a predator.”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“The further along your infection, the more physically able a zombie you'll make.”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“Best thing about the end of the world is all those empty Starbucks just waiting to be looted.”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“take whatever is coming.” He turned and left the room, wondering if Jack had a chance to tell his victim the punishment was up to him. Kell realized he didn't care; the apology was genuine, but whether Brad thought it was didn't matter. It only took three hours for word to come down. The punishment sought was two days confinement, a week hard labor, and an apology. He was relieved but surprised, expecting worse.     Life fell into a predictable rhythm in the weeks and months following his altercation with Brad. Kell spent three to five days out on runs and two days”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“by this time tomorrow he'd be on his way home. If he wasn't dead.”
― Joshua Guess, Genesis Game

“Wanting to die and not wanting to suffer were different things.”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“Jones took a breath to say something, and Kell shot him in the mouth. I keep what promises I can. Goodbye.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“the only thing capable of breaking the speed of light.”
― Joshua Guess, War of the Living

“this thing isn't capable of infecting trees or horses or anything, right?”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“Like the structure of a cell or the pattern of genes, combat was only a system. Pure physics combined with a dash of psychology and a smidgen of creative adaptation.”
― Joshua Guess, Dead Will Rise

“My brains are a result of my biology. I was going to be smart no matter what. The”
― Joshua Guess, Genesis Game

“the best fight was one you could avoid having in the first place.”
― Joshua Guess, Genesis Game

“Fall Seven times. Stand up eight.    Japanese Proverb”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“Because,” Jones said. “He didn't stay dead.”
― Joshua Guess, Victim Zero

“Fact: people are well-known for reacting badly in shitty situations.”
― Joshua Guess, Apocalyptica

“in his mind he was doing right. That meant everything that didn't go the way he wanted was wrong.”
― Joshua Guess, Genesis Game

“It was thankless and dull, but it paid the rent.”
― Joshua Guess, The Fall: Omnibus One