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Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a lecturer at the Modern War Institute at West Point, New York.

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You can't blame anyone else. . . You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight. " - Philip Adler

Ahead, Choices, Day, Mountain, Saws

Looking back, I still can't believe how unprofessional the news media was. So much spin, so few hard facts. All those digestible sound bites from an army of 'experts' all contradicting one another, all trying to seem more 'shocking' and 'in-depth' than the last one. It was all so confusing, nobody seemed to know what to do.

Believe, Army, Media, Back, Nobody

I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn't read. She would say: 'You can do this. You just don't want to do this.

Come, Read, Remember, Teacher, Used, Want

There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount to zero.

Amount, Blood, Point, Sweat, Zero

We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine. ” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders. ”-World War Z

War, Order, Faults, True, Lived

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe. . . Turn on the TV. . . What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products.

Commodity, Fear, People, Tvs, Universe, World War Z

Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

Cleaned, Generation, Generations, Mess, World War Z

There comes a point where emotions must give way to objective facts.

Giving, Way, Facts, Point, Give

Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

Technology, Trait, World War Z, Worship, Zeitgeist

My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.

Coping, Coping Mechanisms, Humor, Use, Wit And Humor

They say great times make great men. I don't buy it. I saw a lot of weakness, a lot of filth. People who should have risen to the challenge and either couldn't or wouldn't. Greed, fear, stupidity and hate. I saw it before the war, I see it today. [. . . ] I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.

Hate, Men, People, Today, War

The dead walk among us.

Among, Dead, Walk, Walks, Zombie

I think the fascination with zombies is that they don't obey the rules of monsters. The first rule of monsters is that you have to go find them. You have to make a conscious choice to go to the swamp or the desert or the abandoned summer camp.

Choices, Rules, Summer, Swamp, Thinking

. . . because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a peaceful and comfortable world, they'll probably go right back to being as selfish and narrow-minded and generally shitty to one another as we were.

Growing Up, Kids, Normal, Selfish, Shitty, World

Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.

Care, Government, Letting, Night, Notions, Sleep

But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who listens to them? Nobody! Who's going to care about some PBS-NPR fringe minority that's out of touch with the mainstream? The more those elitist eggheads shouted "The Dead Are Walking," the more most real Americans tuned them out.

Care, Dead, Media, Pbs, Real, Touch

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of their world, they need a safe vessel for all their fears. Zombies provide that vessel because they're 'safe.

Dead, People, Thinking, Vessel, Worry

Organize before they rise!

Organize, Rise

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

Feed, Memories, Trying, Wash, Zombie, Zombies

Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.

Protection, School, Undead, Zombie

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