Zeroes Quotes

“People believe any horseshit shoved in their ears long as you say ‘terrorist.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“An apology with the heft of a prayer, if not the faith behind it.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Willingham: One of the wolves”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Janey knows how to install new memory in her little MacBook Air laptop.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“He - and Cal - prefer a more generalized outlook on the End Times, recognizing it could come from anything: superstorms, polar shifts, invasion by the Chinese, attack by the U.S. government on its own people, aliens, EMP, God's wrath on a sin-filled world, killer bees. (Chance notes that no one mentions "Rogue AI with a penchant for Greek mythology." He figures someone should update their menu, because it is riding to number one on the charts with a bullet.)”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“That was a pretty good laptop, but Reagan's glad to lose it. Sometimes sacrifices must be made in the search for sweet lulz”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Hollis Copper knows that everyone has a story and if you want to speak to someone, you better find a way to speak to his or her story.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“No, no, I know, it’s just—you know, I thought . . .” “Because I have Syrian heritage I hate the Jews?” “When you put it like that, I’m pretty sure I’m a dumb-ass.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“The SUV carves its way through dark pine forests. Morning sun passes through the pleached trees, dappling the windows of the vehicle.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Golathan gets a mean look. Vulpine. Vicious. Like he’s about to tear a chicken into wet gobbets and red feathers.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Control lost.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Maybe that’s the problem with generations. You start to forget what it was like when you were like them, so they become your enemy and you become theirs and nobody understands each other. Then you die and they become you and finally, finally they understand, but by then it’s too late.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“I neither like nor approve of this government.” “But as you note, you are American. Which means this is your government as much as it is mine.” “This government hasn’t been mine in a long time.” One of those types. “You and I are going to have to differ on that point. I say you live here, it’s your government. All the bells and whistles. All the warts and wrinkles.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes

“Wade drops down off his bed—a bed handmade by a local boy down the road, a real autistic type who doesn’t do well with people but can make a set of fresh-cut logs sing beneath saw and sandpaper. He groans and winces. He’s old now, and feels the movements of the morning especially keenly; often he feels like a beater car that takes a while to start up. But this, this has him starting up—regardless of the arthritis squeezing his knees and the popcorn crackle of his back.”
― Chuck Wendig, Zeroes