Quotes from Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

We are humanity, the banner read. Wrong. We're pale reflections of it, weak shadows, distant echoes.

This place can't be heaven, it doesn't have the right vibe.

It's an alien apocalypse! Quick, grab the beer!

We're all dead...Some of us are just a little further along than others.

You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.

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

Is this how humanity waves good-bye?Hell no.

The girl sleeping and the finisher, willing himself to finish her.Why didn't he finish her?Why couldn't he finish her?

We're here, and then we're gone, and it's not about the time we're here, but what we do with the time.

This is what the Others have done to us. You can't band together to fight without trust. And without trust, there was no hope. How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

It's hopeless. And it's stupid. It's suicidal. But love is a weapon they have no answer for. They know how you think, but they can't know what you feel.

This is the first rule of the last war:Trust No One

Are you okay?" I (Cassie) call up to him."Um. Define okay." (Ben)"Okay means you're not bleeding to death.""I'm okay.

For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question