Predatory Instinct Quotes

“Porter scooted around toward Sturm’s head and leaned down over her face. “You hang on. Do you hear me? Don’t you dare quit on me.” He kissed her on the forehead. Her skin was cold against his lips. He watched her eyes for any sign of acknowledgement, but saw none. There was a smear of blood on her cheek that almost looked like . . . “Back away!” the first paramedic shouted. “We need to get her on the rig right now!” Porter leaned closer. The girl hadn’t been going for Sturm’s throat or the blood gushing from her shoulder.”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller

“He had isolated the main power line on the street and rigged it with a small charge of C4 rigged to a timer. At precisely ten o’clock, the charge would blow, killing the power to the center, extinguishing the lights. And then, he knew, the creature would come. Complete darkness. Prey huddled together. Helpless. Simply waiting for the lights to come back on. Spears would be able to see it all perfectly. The moment the screaming started, he would be able to sight the monster down the barrel of his rifle and put a bullet right through its skull.”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller

“You believe me?” she said. “I thought for sure . . . I mean, I was certain you wouldn’t . . . ” “I kind of thought we’d grab some coffee or something on our first date, but skulking around under condemned ruins will work, too.” “What?” Her face flushed red beneath the coat of grime. “This isn’t a—” He offered his most disarming smile and a wink. She merely stared at him for a long moment before the corner of her mouth curled into a smirk. “Do you enjoy pushing people’s buttons or are you simply helpless against the urge?” “Depends on the person, I suppose.”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller

“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and silence. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller

“Any good strategist knew that sacrificing a pawn was vastly preferable to risking the king. It was the whole reason armies had infantries.”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller

“In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, and cruelty. —Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy”
― Michael McBride, Predatory Instinct: A Thriller