An Undead Novel Quotes

“It seemed time flies when you aren’t having fun.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“It did not take too long before his high hopes died and were replaced by hopes of being high, as depression got the better of him.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“As Melvin Thompson screamed, he saw his life flash before his eyes. He was disappointed it was not a good life. Nothing good ever seemed to happen to him.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“The serum has to enter your bloodstream for it to be properly effective. I assure you, it will not hurt. It will only be a little prick. You will barely even notice it.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“One day he felt ready to give up on life. He overdosed on heroine and woke up a day later at the hospital, where he was diagnosed with cancer. Just perfect, he thought.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Before he realized it, he had smoked away the next five years of his life. Nothing else mattered to him, but his next fix.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Truth be told, I don’t wanna die. I gots lots more living to do, before I go. I’m gonna make this money count for something. If I can beat this cancer, I don’t plan on doing it as a homeless man. I want my life back and I plan to take it back.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He tried to hide how nervous he felt. If this experimental serum worked it would change his whole life. That meant everything to him. He closed his eyes and prayed to himself.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Had he known what he knew now, he would definitely do things differently.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Unfortunately, life has a way of kicking you in the balls, so to speak.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“His life had truly taken a turn for the worse when he had to sell his saxophone, in order to eat.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“After five years of living in New York City, Larry had completely ruined his life and hit rock bottom. He lost any aspirations of ever regaining what had become so far out of reach. Once hope was abandoned, he really did not have much else left.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He began stealing as a means of survival, but later did it just to go back to jail. At least, while in prison, he was able to get free room and board. He learned to play the system and allow it to work for him.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He would usually go into the subway tunnels, where he could be alone. That’s where he preferred to get high. There was no one around, but the rats and cockroaches, to see him at his all-time low. He was too embarrassed to be around people whenever he got high. At least, in the tunnels he could hide from the rest of the world.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Sometimes, he would have to hide from track workers or urban explorers. It amazed him how busy the subway tunnels could be with activity. He constantly asked himself why teenagers would want to lurk around those dark tunnels seeking adventure. What was the point? Personally, he hated being down there. Most tunnels were dark, damp, and dirty.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Now, here he was in the dorm room of an underground lab, letting some wacko scientist inject him with what one of the other volunteers referred to as a pipe dream. Was it or was it something more?”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Soon, he was back out on the streets. He wandered around Manhattan aimlessly for what he thought was weeks. Instead, it was months. Months turned into years.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“It was there that he met Dr. Herbert Fox, the man with the big dream. Dr. Fox sold his dream like a car salesman selling a lemon.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“His mind became clouded. He felt his anger fighting to be released. He wanted to break something. The pain he began to feel in his arm was unbelievable. He shut his eyes tight and tried to resist the temptation to scream.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He wished he were back in Puerto Rico, where life was simpler for him. Ah, those were the good old days.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“She spent a lot of her life working from home in her bedroom with one customer, after another. Weekends were the busiest days for her. Men would often line up in the living room waiting their turn.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Lester never knew his father. His mother had no idea, which of her “lovers” was the culprit. It was one in a long line of customers.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Whenever his mother was not lying on her back or down on her knees working, she would spend her money getting high.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Lester preferred to be homeless. It gave him a certain freedom. He no longer had to worry about paying bills, which was a huge load off his shoulders. He could easily steal when he was hungry and he had no problem sleeping wherever he laid his head.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He closed his eyes and fought the pain he felt. He knew, right away, the pain was not from the cancer because it was happening to the other guys, as well. They had all been injected with an experimental serum minutes earlier, which was intended to kill their cancer cells. However, the intense pain made it feel more like it was going to kill them, instead.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He always hoped God would provide him with salvation, someday. He believed that everything he went through was a test of his faith.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He became very depressed and ultimately turned to drugs and alcohol as his salvation. In reality, they became his downfall.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“He refused to steal. He would not become a criminal. He would sooner die of starvation, first. Sometimes, he would get lucky and someone would buy him a meal or give him handouts or leftovers. He had no shame, so he took it gladly. A man in his position could not afford to feel pride.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“The pain he was feeling was overwhelming. What made it even scarier for him was the fact that Dr. Fox, the one person, who could help him, was standing there with his thumbs in his ass, as if he had no idea what to do.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“From their points of view, it seemed like a good idea. They were each going to die, sooner or later, and none of them was living a good life. What did they really have to lose?”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel