Parasite Quotes

“Sometimes humanity is the reason we can't have nice things.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Isn't that the justification used by every scientist who made something wonderful, only to discover that they've made something terrible? 'We did it for Science.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“I’m not insane, I’m neurologically variant,” she snapped back. “Sticks and stones, asshole.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“All scientists are mad scientists.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“No one wants to set out to be a hero, and discover that they've been a villain all along.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“The broken doors are open—come and enter and be home. My darling girl, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Why are there so many words that sound exactly the same, only one of them is right and one of them is wrong, and if you use the wrong one everyone looks at you like you're stupid and then you need to stab somebody to make the point that there are a lot of different types of intelligence and anyway English is hard.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Nature doesn’t have to make sense. Nature just does.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“The line between “police force” and “army” is narrow under the best of circumstances.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Both my parents were Irish, and the Irish word for “suntan” is “burn.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Besides, killing all the humans will totally trash the cable schedule, and there are some shows I'm really excited to have back on the air.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Fooling laymen with science is sometimes so easy it should be criminal.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Never ‘it,’ never ‘it,’ ” Marya chided. “None of God’s creatures is an ‘it,’ even if they’re not a boy or a girl or a mammal or a pretty bird. Call them ‘he’ or she’ and be a little wrong, but never take away their individuality like that.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“The dog—Beverly—looked up at me with warm, trusting brown eyes. I was a human. I had her leash, and I knew her name. Clearly, I was going to make everything okay. It must be nice to be a dog.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“The world is out of order. It’s been broken since you came.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Once a door is open, you have to live with what’s on the other side.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Because hubris is not only a sin, it's a fun game to play at parties”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“I just want to know what I’m going to be freaking out about before I waste energy freaking out about the wrong things. Conservation of panic is important.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“The sky was a flawless blue, the color of surgical gloves.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“They found what was waiting on the other side: a pleasant room with a horrible monster in it. Apparently, when they were younger, they had the same monster in their closet, and when their parents chased it away, the monster pined until it could finally call to them to come through the broken doors to the Land of the Monsters, where they could be a family forever. The book ended with the implication that now the children would become monsters, too, and would eventually leave the Land of Monsters to find closets, and children, of their own.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Money talks, and people like science that seems just a little bit insane. It reminds them that the future is tomorrow, and that we have a chance to shape it.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“All scientists are mad scientists. It's just a question of how long you can keep yourself from starting to look thoughtfully at the nearest thunderstorm.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“I guess when you’re one of the richest people on the planet, you can buy yourself a window that never shows you anything ugly.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“[R]equests” from the corporation were never really requests. They were commandments wearing their best Sunday clothes.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Isn't reduced brain damage a good thing?' asked Nathan.

'Oh, totally--I wish I had reduced brain damage, or at least, I wish bananas didn't taste like tangerines all the damn time--but this isn't the good kind of reduced brain damage.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Science doesn’t always play nicely with the other children.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Biology is tricky, Sal,” said Dr. Cale. “A lot of the rules are more like suggestions, or can be, if you come at them from the right angle, but you still want to break as few of them as possible. Break too many, and the chances that everything will go catastrophically wrong increase at an exponential rate.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Don’t bother asking me anything. I have committed my crimes. I have endured my penance for as long as I could. After tomorrow, I will not be available for you to ask”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Shadows dancing all around;
Some things better lost than found.
If you ask the questions, best be sure you want to know.
Some things better left forgot,
Some dreams better left unsought.
Knowing the direction doesn’t mean you have to go.

The broken doors can open if you seek them on your own.
My darling boy, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite

“Little boy with faith so thin,
Little girl so strong within,
I said I’d never leave you, and I’m sorry, but I lied.
If you're set to pay the price,
Learn the ways of sacrifice,
Leave this world to grieve you, take a breath, and step outside.

The broken doors are waiting, down the path you’ve always known.
My darling ones, be careful now, and don’t go out alone.”
― Mira Grant, Parasite