Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.

Hold on tight, Sam." He puts me in a choke hold. "Ahhh," I gasp. "Not that tight.

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.

The harder survival becomes, the more you want to pull together. And the more you want to pull together, the harder survival becomes.

You can’t force yourself to trust. So you put all your doubts in a little box and bury it deep and then try to forget where you buried it

You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love.