The End is Nigh Quotes

“They say you can’t remember pain—the fact of it, yes, but the truth of it, the physical texture of agony? Gone and forgotten. Which makes it easy to forget that pain hurts, that the wounded life isn’t always worth living.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“The fairy tale of heaven, the promise that whatever shit happens, your story gets a happy ending. The Bible, boiled down: Once upon a time I helped some poor suckers out and someday, maybe, if you’re good, I’ll help you too,”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“Enjoy the moment. We don’t have forever.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“I remembered that, trying to survive the battle zone, dodging artillery fire between the kid you were and the man you were supposed to be. The world screamed at you to grow up, your zits and your twitchy dick agreed it was about time, but you were still afraid of the dark, you still slept with that old teddy bear, you still wanted your mommy.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“You don’t need to cure the lepers to be a faith healer. We’re all of us in my business doing the same work, because what is faith but another story that you tell yourself to feel better?”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“Post-apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that have already burned. Apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that are burning.

The End is Nigh is about the match.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“I remember thinking how easy it was to forget that we live day to day under a shadow. A car accident. A crazy guy with a gun. A brain tumor. You never know. Enjoy the moment.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“There is some sickness in man, some paranoid delusion, some grandiose morbidity that runs right through to distant ancestors. Or maybe it is the fear in lonely hearts that they might die without company.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“The Bible, boiled down: Once upon a time I helped some poor suckers out and someday, maybe, if you’re good, I’ll help you too, but in the meantime, isn’t it a nice story to fall asleep to?”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“Ask people to worship you? They call you a megalomaniac. Ask them to worship your kid? They call that good parenting.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“I disliked crowds of people, but then I also hated being alone—my life was a slow bleed on the knife edge between the two.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“All living creatures share intelligence and emotion, with differences being in degree, not in kind.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“points at the road ahead. “It’s all politics and bullshit, and”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“Parenting’s not complicated,” Hilary said. “Accept that you’ll fuck him up, whatever you do. Just try not to fuck up so bad that it kills him.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh

“Post-apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that have already burned. Apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that are burning. The End is Nigh is about the match.”
― John Joseph Adams, The End is Nigh