How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Sometimes I think I might be the last human on Earth. Which means I'm the last human in the universe. I know that's dumb. They can't have killed everyone…yet. (2.1-2.3)
Cassie seems pretty sure the human race is going the way of the dodo. What do you think?
Quote #2
I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cassie that's gone. And I wonder what that Cassie would think of me. The Cassie who kills. (2.23)
Cassie experienced a sort of personal death after the alien apocalypse; she is no longer the person she once was. Ben has a similar journey.
Quote #3
It occurs to me that there's no real difference between us, the living and the dead; it's just a matter of tense: past-dead and future-dead. (26.4)
When Zombie contemplates his own death, he realizes it was always inevitable—even before the alien attacks.
Quote #4
If she crawled out, he would kill her. If she didn't, time would. (31.4)
When Cassie is shot, she worries that staying or leaving will inevitably lead to her death. What she fails to consider is the possibility that she'll be rescued and nursed back to health by a handsome alien.
Quote #5
"If you're an insect, then you're a mayfly. Here for a day and then gone. That doesn't have anything to do with the Others. It's always been that way." (36.112)
Evan reminds Cassie that humans have always had short lifespans. It's just that lately, they've been extra short.
Quote #6
When I come over, he doesn't say anything, but nods at the body lying in front of him. It's Tank. (47.3-47.4)
Zombie and his crew process and dispose of a lot of bodies. Still, they're shocked to find the corpse of a former member of their squad.
Quote #7
We have survived the death of our childhood. We are soldiers now…. (52.3)
Ben Parish died, and Zombie took his place. Metaphorically, of course.
Quote #8
I was wrong about Ben Parish dying on the day he left the convalescent ward. I've been carrying his stinking corpse inside me all through basic. Now the last of him is burned away…. (52.5)
Wow, that's quite an image there, Zombie. What's interesting is that, even after this moment, we catch glimpses of the "old" Ben, especially during his conversations with Ringer.
Quote #9
"Don't preach to me about dying, Evan." [… ] "I watched my mother die. I watched one of you kill my father. I've seen more death in six months than anyone else in human history." (71.17)
Maybe one of the reasons Cassie is so cavalier about her own death is that it's a familiar thing for her now.