Infected Quotes
"He always took a good look at himself before shaving and brushing his teeth, not out of vanity but rather to see just how much further along his body was toward Old Fogey-Ville."
"I got up close and personal with this guy. If he’s contagious, I’ve got it, so what’s the point in putting on a human condom?"
"I know I’ve only been doing this shit for thirty years, but next time I’ll pay better attention."
"Because good ol’ Murray loves me. You’re just along for the ride."
"He always looked to be an hour or two behind on his sleep, even though his energy never faded."
"Give yourself a break, Perry. You’re nothing like your father. You’ve left all that behind."
"I hear scabies is nasty this time of year."
"Quit being such a macho stud-boy and go buy some Cortaid."
"I'll never understand why you like to sit in pain rather than partake in the wonders of a modern society."
"I prefer the company of at least semi-healthy people."
"Leave me alone, will ya? Sandy wants this thing fixed right away."
"It's like a thousand mosquito bites all rolled into one."
"To scabies, or not to scabies, that is the infection."
"You don't think he did this to himself, do you?"
"Suicidal cancer? That's a bit of a reach, Margaret."
"Everything seemed pale-gray and lifeless, as if some fairy-tale force had sucked the color from the landscape."
"You can't tough it out from a rash? Jee-zus, boy, you piss me off."
"Send me a partner and I'll shoot him in the knee."
"Malcolm was my partner, but he's as good as dead."
"The asshole that got Malcolm is already dead, so what can I take revenge against?"
"Because it seems to me you're a lot stronger than you think. We're dealing with some pretty crazy stuff here, am I right?"
"So if you've got something you feel we need to do, maybe you should stop being such a pussy."
"You just remember that it's a violent world, son, and only the strong survive."
"It's possible there were full-blown larval infections before the last few weeks, sure, but if they existed, no one has heard about them."
"But you cannot, and I repeat it just to be perfectly clear, cannot tell him about the triangles. Deal?"
"The CDC may have information on Morgellons, including potential timelines of the condition and maps of people claiming to have this disease."
"Behavior is merely a chemical reaction, Mister Longworth."
"So, a minute is sixty seconds, and a second is a very short piece of time."
"It’s you against the world, boy, you just remember that."
"They won’t make it, they won’t make it, he is too strong."
"For the first time in his life, Perry did understand."
"You were right, Daddy. You was always right."
"Fuck them all. He was a Dawsey, goddamn it, and he’d sure as hell start acting like one."
"As the last of his sanity slipped away, Perry heard a knock at his door."
"Perry could have signed on from anywhere in the world."
"Perry, everyone’s worried sick. You don’t have to answer, but if you’re there let me know you’re okay."
"The hair on the back of his neck suddenly stood on end."
"Bill heard himself breathe in sharply, a comical sound of surprise."
"The spaced-out psycho look, like when Jack Nicholson axed his way through the door in The Shining."
"Postal was the word that flashed through Bill’s brain. Perry has gone postal."
"Perry knew for certain that he was one of the Soldiers."
"They both stood for a few seconds without speaking."
"He took a small hop back into the apartment, making room for Bill to enter."
"Bill’s instincts clamored louder, swelling in volume and intensity."
"Bill looked scared. He obviously hadn’t counted on Perry figuring out The Plan."
"Bill concentrated on speaking in a calm, neutral voice."
"Perry collapsed, falling into the hall like a sack of rotten meat and bones."
"Bill instinctively reached out to help his friend."
"Bill realized the trick. He tried to jump back."
"The blade struck Bill’s right inside thigh, sliding noiselessly through jeans, through skin, through quadriceps."
"Perry watched Bill’s eyes go wide with shock, fear and pain."
"Bill tried to jump clear, but his wounded leg wouldn’t hold his weight."
"Perry brought the blade down in an overhand thrust."
"Perry’s eyes reactively closed as hot blood splattered on his face."
"If he had to die, it wouldn’t be like a victim."
"He was alone, left to gaze upon the facedown, dead Fatty Patty."
"The strange aroma of burned Triangle flesh filled the room."
"His own Triangles fall asleep—their constant mental buzzing slowly fading away."
"The baby Triangles were crouched down on their tentacles, resting."
"The blood and bits belonged to his buddies and the seven-year-old suicide girl."
"The apartment crawled with Ann Arbor cops, state troopers, and men from the Washtenaw County coroner’s office."
"The kitchen floor looked like a pattern of brown and red rather than the original white."
"‘Couch-potato Jesus?’ Mitchell looked at the body, smiled, then looked back to Dew."
"Ever think it might have come from Dawsey himself?"
"‘The perfect infantry,’ Otto said. ‘An army that doesn’t need to be fed or trained.’"
"‘Because if it can read DNA, maybe it can read memories,’ Margaret finished."
"‘It’s really something, huh?’ Dew looked at Matt Mitchell, the local coroner."
"How about you leave the science to us and have a nice cup of shut the fuck up?"
"‘I’ll tell you right now, I don’t like this,’ he said."
"‘You gotta do what a man’s gotta do!’ Perry hung his head."
"You can still win, son. You can still beat them all."
"Perry screamed at his genitals. ‘Fuck you! Fuck you fuck you fuckyou!"
"The stakes just went up. Listen and listen good, L.T."
"‘Someone’s knockin’ at the door,’ Perry said in a singsong voice."
"The front door to Building G hadn’t quite closed when Dew Phillips smashed it open again."
"‘Did you get him?’ ‘Yeah,’ Dew said. ‘I got him. He’s dead.’"
"If there were that many here, how many more are out there?"
"It wasn’t over, babycakes, not by a long shot."