Rick Yancey Quotes about War

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The kid who didn't go back when he should have and now goes back when he shouldn't. The kid called Zombie, who made a promise, and if he breaks that promise, the war is over - not the big war, but the war that matters,

The kid who didn't go back when he should have and now goes back when he shouldn't. The kid called Zombie, who made a promise, and if he breaks that promise, the war is over - not the big war, but the war that matters, the one in the battlefield of his heart. Because promises matter. They matter now more than ever.

Rick Yancey

War, Kids, Heart

Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.278, Penguin

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

Rick Yancey

War, Humanity, Lasts

It wasn't aliens that first made us gear up for war; it was our fellow humans.

Rick Yancey

War, Firsts, Gears

Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.64, Penguin

A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what total war demands. If he couldn't cross that line, the battle was over, and he was lost. His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield. With a cry only he could hear, the hunter turned. And ran.

Rick Yancey

War, Heart, Battle

Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.135, Penguin

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