Scott Kenemore > Quotes

“Throw a zombie in the middle of the ocean, and hey, it’ll get back to land eventually. But in the meantime, it’s going to fuck up some sharks, probably an octopus or two, and, damn-straight, any unlucky fisherman it gets its rotting hands on.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“The interesting thing about cities isn’t what they do when people are looking,” Ben says. “It’s what they do when they think nobody’s looking. Like, the shit the city is proud of? The shining skyscrapers downtown, the sports stadiums, the public art? You can’t judge a city by that. That only tells you what the rich people are doing on a good day. It’s what people do on a bad day—a bad day when there are no security cameras watching—that tells you what you really want to know. It’s how people act during a blackout, a hurricane, or a siege that tells you the truth about a city.”
― Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Illinois

“Zombies have a way of making the best of a situation.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“Zombies don’t stop. Zombies don’t rest. And yet, zombies are at peace with this ceaselessness.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“Victor Hugo didn't know balls about being a zombie.”
― Scott Kenemore

“In some languages, the word for “crisis” is also the word for “opportunity.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“zombies (in all of their various forms) remind us that to be good at what you do, you don’t need to be “normal” by anyone’s standards but your own. No matter what hand God, or nature, or various artificial reanimating nerve agents have dealt you, you already have everything you need to effectively achieve your goals and follow your dreams.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“(Zombies are not covetous of one another’s good fortune. This is yet another trait we could stand to adopt from them.)”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“Zombies don’t worry. Not about themselves. Not about others. Not about climate change. Nothing.”
― Scott Kenemore, The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead

“Jesus and shotguns, I thought as I pulled away. They weren’t good or bad, they just were.”
― Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Ohio

“Bosses,” said Sam. “Even in a zombie apocalypse, they’re still dicks.”
― Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Ohio

“When I want your opinion, I’ll choke you to death and guess,” Burleson responded flatly.”
― Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Indiana