Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The 5th Wave.
The Other Quotes
Aliens are stupid. I'm not talking about real aliens. The Others aren't stupid. The Others are so far ahead of us, it's like comparing the dumbest human to the smartest dog. (1.2)
Manipulation Quotes
Another way the Others mess with your head: the uncertain circumstances of your certain destruction. (5.6)
Perseverance Quotes
He wasn't going to let them win, that's what I think now. He wasn't going to stop hoping. If I killed him, at least he would die with a sliver of his humanity intact. (4.38)
Mortality Quotes
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)
Change Quotes
My cell phone. Cell towers don't work, and there's no one to call if they did. But, you know, it's my cell phone. (5.20)
Madness Quotes
Am I crazy? Have I lost my mind? You can only call someone crazy if there's someone else who's normal. … Crazy: the new normal. (2.16 and 2.18)
Warfare Quotes
I didn't run. I couldn't. Whether it was one of them or an Aunt Tilly, I had to defend my turf. The only way to stay alive is to stay alone. That's rule number two. (3.29)
Identity Quotes
I'm talking about the Cassie I was before the Arrival, before the Others parked their alien butts in high orbit. … When I cry—when I let myself cry—that's who I cry for. I don't cry for mysel...