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Lem was also mindful of the dozen ultra-poisonous-if-sorta-cute-and-fuzzy killer bees flying in lazy circles around her captor’s head.
Dammit, Fresh, being gorgeous just won’t cut it here. Time to use that Brain thing people keep telling you about.
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when you’re looking down the barrel at your own funeral, even doing something stupid sounds better than doing nothing at all.
But we step out of line here, we’re not getting through that gate. So maybe let me talk and keep the deathbees in your bra?”
“Lemonfresh speaks wisdom.” “…You know, I don’t think anyone’s ever accused me of that before.”
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The dead don’t fight another day.
being bad sometimes had a funny way of feeling really good.
Just because they’re like you, doesn’t make them crew.
Except I’m not free at all, am I?
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR,”
hey, by the way, this crazy lady is a genetically engineered murder machine with a swarm of killer bees inside her bra’?”
“Stomp that pedal like it insulted your mum.”
“I feel there’s a valuable life lesson in here somewhere,”
“Never understood that,” the Preacher sighed. “How callin’ someone a dog is supposed to be some kinda insult. I seen men die, Snowflake. I seen dogs die. Believe me when I say, dogs tend to go with more dignity.”
Think first, die last.
“Folks always need someone to hate. Usually someone different. If we can’t find an Other, we make one up. It’s just the way people are.”
People fear what’s different. People fear what they can’t control. People fear the future.
he was suddenly aware of how different she was from the person he wanted her to be.
Affection’s a two-way street, son. Anything else is just obsession.”
“A bleedin’ heart can only bleed so long before it kills you.
THEY’RE CALLED THE THREE LAWS, NOT THE THREE SUGGESTIONS.
THE BIG PRINT GIVETH, AND THE FINE PRINT TAKETH AWAY.”
“We never know what life will throw at us, Lemon,” the old man said. “We never know where it will lead us. But we can know ourselves. And in knowing ourselves, we know the world.”
“What was that alarm?” Lemon demanded. “Is it an emergency? Are we under attack or on fire or out of that freeze-dried ice cream stuff?”
“You need to choose a team, or risk having it chosen for you.”
“I’m the looks,” Diesel said. “And the brains. You’re just ballast, Grimmy.”
There, under an old blanket and a pile of packs and rifles, was Lemon. “Jesus,” Diesel breathed, lowering her pistol. Lemon brushed the dust off her freckles. “Not quite.”
Sometimes you don’t know you’ve crossed the line till you’re on the other side.
Some monsters die without drama.
“Diesel power…”
“IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS TO APPEAL TO THE WORST IN PEOPLE. ALL IT TAKES IS AN ASSHOLE AND A MICROPHONE.”
NOT TOO BRIGHT, I SEE,” Solomon said. “YOU MUST BE BEST FRIENDS, THEN.”
Just because you’re family doesn’t mean you’re not assholes!”

