# Quote — Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide

> The dead walk among us. Zombies, ghouls — no matter what their label — these somnambulists are the greatest threat to humanity, other than humanity itself.

- Author: [Max Brooks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-brooks.md)
- Book: [The Zombie Survival Guide](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-brooks/the-zombie-survival-guide.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Max_Brooks#The_Zombie_Survival_Guide_(2003)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-brooks/the-zombie-survival-guide/the-dead-walk

## More from this book

> Joy, sadness, confidence, anxiety, love, hatred, fear — all of these feelings and thousands more that make up the human “heart” are as useless to the living dead as the organ of the same name. Who knows if this is humanity’s greatest weakness or strength? The debate continues, and probably will forever.

p. 15 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/max-brooks/the-zombie-survival-guide/joy-sadness-confidence.md)