{"quotes":[{"text":"Be for Man the memory of Earth and Origin. Remember this Earth. Never forget her, but — never come back. If you come back, you might meet the Archangel at the east end of Earth, guarding her passes with a sword of flame. I feel it. Space is your home hereafter. It’s a lonelier desert than ours. God bless you, and pray for us.","author":"Walter M. Miller Jr.","tags":["apocalypse","space"],"id":554,"author_id":"Walter+M.+Miller+Jr."},{"text":"I can't believe that we have reached the end of everything. The red dust is frightening. The carbon dioxide is real. Water is expensive. Bio-tech has created as many problems as it has fixed, but we're here, we're alive, we're the human race, we have survived wars and terrorism and scarcity and global famine, and we have made it back from the brink, not once but many times. History is not a suicide note - it's a record of our survival.","author":"Jeanette Winterson","tags":["apocalypse","humanity","inspirational","survival"],"id":2204,"author_id":"Jeanette+Winterson"},{"text":"CHEERS, CARTER. At least you have the sense to hand me the microphone for important things.Honestly, he drones on and on about his plans for the Apocalypse, but he makes no plans at all for the school dance. My brother's priorities are severely skewed.Sadie Kane.","author":"Rick Riordan","tags":["apocalypse","dance","humor"],"id":2207,"author_id":"Rick+Riordan"},{"text":"It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning. They shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid the general applause from all the wits who believe that it is a joke.","author":"Søren Kierkegaard","tags":["apocalypse"],"id":6535,"author_id":"S%C3%B8ren+Kierkegaard"},{"text":"Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, 'How long shall I hope on this fashion?' when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward?","author":"Compton Gage","tags":["apocalypse","apocalyptic","books","change","death","dreams","education","faith","fear","freedom","friendship","funny","god","happiness","history","hope","horror","humanity","humor","humour","inspiration","inspirational","intelligence","knowledge","leadership","life","loneliness","motivation","motivational","nature","pain","paranormal","peace","people","philosophy","poetry","politics","quotes","relationships","religion","science","soul","spiritual","spirituality","success","time","truth","war","wisdom","writing"],"id":6766,"author_id":"Compton+Gage"},{"text":"If only he’d taken one look at her and seen that they were soul mates, swept her off her feet and taken her to Las Vegas to be married in the same little chapel where Britney Spears had been. She laughed to herself. It would probably have lasted just as long, once her mother found out.","author":"Jettie Necole","tags":["apocalypse","new-adult-dystopian-romance","romaction"],"id":7232,"author_id":"Jettie+Necole"},{"text":"If you can cut the head off of this broom-goober with that sword, then I'll believe you can gank zombies with it.","author":"Cedric Nye","tags":["apocalypse","sword","weapons","zombie-fighter-jango","zombies"],"id":9709,"author_id":"Cedric+Nye"},{"text":"He first noticed it on the plane ride. There was an odor about her and it was becoming more pronounced with each passing hour. It was like the smell of rotting meat.","author":"Joseph M. Chiron","tags":["apocalypse","horror","zombie","zombies"],"id":12366,"author_id":"Joseph+M.+Chiron"},{"text":"It was the first and only fight of his childhood, but it had taught him a valuable lesson about human nature, how people were just another species of animal, and like any animal, from the biggest predators, to the smallest scavengers, most human beings could only be pushed so far before they lashed out.","author":"D.J. Molles","tags":["anger","apocalypse","fight","human","life","predator"],"id":12565,"author_id":"D.J.+Molles"},{"text":"Civilization is held together by duct tape and spit, and I'm worried about the duct tape.","author":"Jacqueline Patricks","tags":["apocalypse","civialization","duct-tape","end-of-the-world","sarcasm-humor","worry"],"id":13139,"author_id":"Jacqueline+Patricks"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":367,"pages":37,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}