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Rick Yancey Quotes about Humanity

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How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Rick Yancey
Humanity, Earth, Humans
Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.25, Penguin

And if humanity is the last war, then I am the battlefield.

Rick Yancey
War, Humanity, Lasts

But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the story end this way. I may be the last one, but I am the one still standing. I am the one turning to face the faceless hunter in the woods on an abandoned highway. I am the one not running but facing. Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity's last war, then I am the battlefield.

Rick Yancey
Running, War, Humanity
Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.103, Penguin

It was the price of survival. The cost of his people's last, desperate gamble: To rid his new home of humanity, he had to become human. And being human, he had to overcome his humanity.

Rick Yancey
Home, People, Humanity
Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.134, Penguin

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