Mira GrantGeorge, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go. ✨… ▶372DeathTruth
Mira GrantOur story opens where countless stories have ended in the last twenty-six years: with an idiot -- in this case, my brother, Shaun -- deciding it would be a good idea to go out and… ▶373Thought
Mira GrantThink about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing?351DeathLifeThought
Mira GrantRepetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luideag: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers ha… ▶363DeathThoughtTime
Mira GrantMe, I say those are all great things to live for, if they're what happens to float your boat, but at the end of the day, there's got to be somebody you're doing it for. Just one p… ▶374ThoughtTimeTruth
Mira GrantDidn't we talk about this? HAIL! That isn't an answer. I planted my hands on my hips. Was there a reason for shoving the gummy bears off the counter? Did they tell you they were s… ▶341Thought
Mira GrantThere comes a point when you need to get over the fear and get on with your life, and a lot of people don’t seem to be capable of that anymore. From blood tests to gated communiti… ▶352HumanityLife
Mira GrantTime never runs backward when I need it to. Not for me, and not for anyone else.363Time
Mira GrantEtienne gave me lessons. Three of them. Then he said I was a menace and refused to teach me anything more for fear that I’d slice his head off.341Thought
Mira GrantA proper lady should be able to smile pretty, wear sequins like she means it, and kick a man's ass nine ways from Sunday while wearing stiletto heels. If she can't do that much, s… ▶352Thought
Mira GrantYou can't win. Logic has no power over her when her territory has been invaded by heathens. ✨ Mira Grant (2010). Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.69, Hachette UK363Politics
Mira Grant...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie. ✨ Mira Grant (2012). Blackout: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.298, Hachette UK375Truth
Mira GrantThat's the beauty of the future. We get to change it.364HopeTime
Mira GrantIt's not hard to marginalize people when they've already done it to themselves.353HumanityReading
Mira GrantDon't start. My mood stays better if you don't start. ✨ Mira Grant (2011). Deadline: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.66, Hachette UK375Death
Mira GrantI am, in fact, immortal when annoyed.342DeathTruth
Mira GrantNever steal another reporter's story; never take the last of another reporter's ammo; never mess with another reporter's computer. Those are the rules, unless you work for a tablo… ▶353Sadness
Mira GrantOctober— You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you o… ▶332HopePoliticsTime
Mira GrantI wanted the truth, and I wanted the news, and I'd be damned before I settled for anything less. ✨ Mira Grant (2010). Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.71, Hachette UK354Truth
Mira GrantFollow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.365Truth
Mira GrantShe told the truth as she saw it, and she died for it. I came along for the ride, and I lived. It wasn't worth it. But it was the truth, and it was what had to happen. ✨ Mir… ▶321DeathTruth
Mira GrantLife's more fun when you take the chance that it might end. ✨ Mira Grant (2011). Deadline: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.50, Hachette UK354DeathLife
Mira GrantThey come to us, these restless dead, Shrouds woven from the words of men, With trumpets sounding overhead (The walls of hope have grown so thin And all our vaunted innocence Has … ▶332DeathHope
Mira GrantWhat happened?” she breathed, staring at me. “I got hit in the face with a pie,” I said. Mags stopped, blinking. “You got...hit in the face with a pie,” she repeated. “I...what? I… ▶365HumanityTime
Mira GrantI've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.366Hope
Mira GrantGiven a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, c… ▶377DeathLifeTime
Mira GrantI like to think of myself as a reasonable man. But I have buried too many friends in the too-recent past, and I have seen too many lies go unquestioned, and too many questions go … ▶311DeathHumanityThought
Mira GrantBlood is one thing, but that’s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They’re the ones who’ll keep you standing.355Reading
Mira GrantThere will always be people for whom hate is easier when it’s not backed up by anything but fear. ✨ Mira Grant (2010). Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:, p.84, Hachette UK334Humanity
Mira GrantSometimes in the news, luck is just a matter of capitalizing on someone else's pain.378SadnessTime