# Quote — John Scalzi, The Ghost Brigades

> Those people you saw—the realborn—are born without a plan. They’re born because biology tells humans to make more humans; but it doesn’t consider what to do with them after that. Realborn go for years without the slightest clue what they’re going to do with themselves. From what I understand, some of them never actually figure it out. They just walk through life in a daze and then fall into their graves at the end of it. Sad. And inefficient.

- Author: [John Scalzi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi.md)
- Book: [The Ghost Brigades](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades.md)
- Page: 86
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/those-people-you

## More from this book

> “Every creature has fear,” Jared said. “Even the non-conscious ones.”
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> “No,” Boutin said. “Every creature has a survival instinct. It looks like fear but it’s not the same thing. Fear isn’t the desire to avoid death or pain. Fear is rooted in the knowledge that what you recognize as yourself can cease to exist. Fear is existential.

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/every-creature-has.md)

> Imagine if every species named itself after its greatest flaw. We could name our species arrogance.

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/imagine-if-every.md)

> She was temptable—which, if you believe in an all-powerful God, means God intentionally put temptation into Eve. Which seems like a dirty trick, if you ask me.

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-scalzi/the-ghost-brigades/she-was-temptable-which.md)