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Collins worked in private security before the war and was hired by a millionaire during the outbreak to guard him and his friends in his secure mansion. One night, other people who were terrified of the zombies tried to break into his house, believing they would be safe there. The millionaire asked Collins and the other security guards to kill these people, but Collins refused and walked out. His interview shows the callous nature of his wealthy boss, and, in general, wealthy people’s lack of empathy for those who have less. In his second interview, Collins reveals to the narrator that killing zombies gives him a big rush, and when he tried to stop doing it, he worried that he might end up killing people instead—just to feel that thrill. So, he ended up joining a private group of zombie hunters. He hopes he will be able to stop killing soon and retire peacefully. But if he is unable to do that, he says he will kill himself after killing the last zombie. Collins says his plight is one shared by many veterans who cannot bring themselves to relax after the constant stress of war, and it shows one of the psychological costs of war.
T. Sean Collins Quotes in World War Z
The World War Z quotes below are all either spoken by T. Sean Collins or refer to T. Sean Collins. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3: The Great Panic
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So when I saw the searing, bright green signatures of several hundred runners, my throat tightened. Those weren’t living dead.
“There it is!” I heard them shout. “That’s the house on the news!” They were carrying ladders, guns, babies. A couple of them had these heavy satchels strapped to their backs. They were booking it for the front gate, big tough steel that was supposed to stop a thousand ghouls. The explosion tore them right off their hinges, sent them flipping into the house like giant ninja stars. “Fire!” the boss was screaming into the radio. “Knock ’em down! Kill ’em! Shootshootshoot!”
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Chapter 6: Around the World, and Above
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She…she wouldn’t leave, you see. She insisted, over the objections of Parliament, to remain at Windsor, as she put it, “for the duration.” I thought maybe it was misguided nobility, or maybe fear-based paralysis. I tried to make her see reason, begged her almost on my knees.
What did she say?
“The highest of distinctions is service to others.” […] Their task, their mandate, is to personify all that is great in our national spirit. They must forever be an example to the rest of us, the strongest, and bravest, and absolute best of us.
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T. Sean Collins Quotes in World War Z
The World War Z quotes below are all either spoken by T. Sean Collins or refer to T. Sean Collins. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3: The Great Panic
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So when I saw the searing, bright green signatures of several hundred runners, my throat tightened. Those weren’t living dead.
“There it is!” I heard them shout. “That’s the house on the news!” They were carrying ladders, guns, babies. A couple of them had these heavy satchels strapped to their backs. They were booking it for the front gate, big tough steel that was supposed to stop a thousand ghouls. The explosion tore them right off their hinges, sent them flipping into the house like giant ninja stars. “Fire!” the boss was screaming into the radio. “Knock ’em down! Kill ’em! Shootshootshoot!”
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Chapter 6: Around the World, and Above
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She…she wouldn’t leave, you see. She insisted, over the objections of Parliament, to remain at Windsor, as she put it, “for the duration.” I thought maybe it was misguided nobility, or maybe fear-based paralysis. I tried to make her see reason, begged her almost on my knees.
What did she say?
“The highest of distinctions is service to others.” […] Their task, their mandate, is to personify all that is great in our national spirit. They must forever be an example to the rest of us, the strongest, and bravest, and absolute best of us.
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