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Hugh Howey Biography

Hugh C. Howey (born 1975) is an American writer, known best for the science fiction series Silo, part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and before publishing his books, he worked as a yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician.

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Run, we think, as buildings crumble. Run, as people perish.

Crumble, People, Run, Running, Think, Thinking

My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.

Life, Life Is, Say, Skin, Skins, Wall

We are not the people who made this world, Lukas, but it's up to us to survive it. You need to understand that. " "We can't control where we are right now," he mumbled, "just what we do going forward.

Control, Forward, Needs, People, Understand, World

We devolve into animals when we creep near to death.

Animal, Animals, Creep, Creeps, Death, Devolve

I'm coming for you. I'm coming home, I'm coming to clean

Clean, Coming, Coming Home, Home

Evan Price is not a man to be questioned. He is a man who will question you.

Evan, Man, Men, Price, Question, Questioned

"What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there. "

Action, Control, Fate, Our Actions, Said

A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.

Acknowledge, Caught, Loathe, Moisture, Poison, Taste

some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong.

Back, Belong, Better Off, Past, Things

The best kisses in the world take place at night, in the ocean, with two naked bodies coiled around one another, only the stars to keep them company.

Keep, Kissing, Ocean, Stars

I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans.

Fans, Imagination, Larger, Pennies

He’d only ever seen a gun once, a smaller one on the hip of that old deputy, a gun he’d always figured was more for show. He stuffed a fistful of deadly rounds in his pocket, thinking how each one could end an individual life, and understanding why such things were forbidden. Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one’s conscience to get in the way.

Gun, Individual, Men, Seen, Thinking

Living frugally is one of the best things an author can do to prepare for their career.

Best Things, Can Do, Career, Careers, Prepare, Things

When I needed an e-book formatted fast and formatted perfectly, Polgarus Studio came through for me. My expectations were exceeded. It's a relief knowing I can count on a hand-formatted e-book that will work on every device. Highly recommended!

Book, Device, Exceeded, Hands, Knowing, Polgarus

There are two competing philosophies in Wool: one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.

Competing, Live, Order, Philosophy, Thumb, Two

He thought of men like Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon. All it took was a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power and then fall under their spell.

Fall, Like, Men, People, Took

Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

Darkness, His Smile, Shadow, Shadows, Threw

Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.

Hints, Magic, Occur, Statistics, Tell, Thing

Imagine the first discovery that one of these epidemics was man-made—the panic, the violence that would ensue. That’s where the end would come. A typhoon kills a few hundred people, does a few billion in damage, and what do we do?” Erskine interlocked his fingers. “We come together. We put the pieces back. But a terrorist’s bomb. ” He frowned. “A terrorist’s bomb does the same damage, and it throws the world into turmoil. ” He spread his hands apart like an explosion going off. “When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we must destroy him.

Discovery, Epidemics, Man, Men, Typhoon

When there’s only God to blame, we forgive him. When it’s our fellow man, we destroy him.

Destroy, Fellow, Fellow Man, Forgiving, Man, Men

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