“I was alone in that room. Of course, there were bodies all around, but they were all dead. They were dead when I got there. Well, most of them were dead. The last few I had to strangle so I could enjoy some solitude.”
“In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead”
“I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best.”
“I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.”
“I thought you were dead,” she went on. “I saw you fall down, and—I thought you were dead.”
“I was afraid of the dead, as was everyone I knew. We were afraid of the dead because we never could tell when they might show up again.”