#peter cawdron

[random-bookquotes]

There’s a crack in the concrete by my feet. A weed has taken hold where life should have failed. A tiny green shoot defies the odds, reaching up and clinging to life. The last rays of the setting sun catch the lone leaf. This poor plant is doomed to a life of hardship, only to wither and die. Whether it dies under a scorching sun or the snows of winter makes no difference. It can’t win, but it doesn’t care. Life doesn’t need to win. Life needs to try.

Peter Cawdron, What We Left Behind (Z is for Zombie, #1)

[lesmotsquejauraisaimeecrire]

L'acceptation ne devrait pas être un effort. Si c'est le cas, il n'y a pas de véritable acceptation.

«Rétrograde», Peter Cawdron, Denoël, coll. Lunes d'Encre, 2018, p. 103

[mental-mona]

Science is an attempt to remove our emotions and ego from reality.

— Peter Cawdron, Losing Mars (2018 novel)

[random-bookquotes]

Am I being selfish? Is that all love is? The selfish desire for a companion? There’s so much left unsaid between us. It’s not the loss of all we could have done together that aches, it’s what we could have been together. All our tomorrows are gone. Decades have been cruelly snatched away from us in an instant. With each breath, his memory slips further into the past, and I hate that.

Peter Cawdron, All Our Tomorrows (Z is for Zombie, #2)

[random-bookquotes]

No one should turn. That’s the mantra that’s drummed into us at school. We’re told it’s simple math. Zee only has as much advantage as we collectively give him. If people were strong, if they refused to turn, taking their own lives before joining the Undead, Zee’s recruitment program would fail. People are selfish, is what we’re told. But I think there’s more to it than that. I think everyone holds on to hope. No one wants to turn, but they hold on to life for too long and suddenly it’s too late.

Peter Cawdron, What We Left Behind (Z is for Zombie, #1)

[random-bookquotes]

It’s always the youth that push for change. When you’re young, you see the future as something that can be controlled. With all your excitement and exuberance, there’s nothing you can’t do. But when you get a bit older, the world looks different. You realize you’ve only got one shot at change, and you realize time is your greatest enemy. You come to learn that you will never get a single day to live over again, so you have to be frugal. You have to weigh the cost of change. You have to pick and choose what you do.

Peter Cawdron, All Our Tomorrows (Z is for Zombie, #2)

[random-bookquotes]

Focus on yourself, and you cannot help but be afraid. Focus on what you can do for others, and fear fades like the night giving way to dawn.

Peter Cawdron, All Our Tomorrows (Z is for Zombie, #2)

[random-bookquotes]

Life cannot be shoved into a pigeonhole. Time moves on. Forgiveness is a breath of fresh air. No one can relive a single moment from the past.

Peter Cawdron, All Our Tomorrows (Z is for Zombie, #2)