An Ancient Trap Quotes

“Jordan wanted to smash his fists against the bulkhead, or maybe his skull. Anything to release the desperate anxiety threatening to suffocate him.”
― Paul Elard Cooley, An Ancient Trap

“Til hung his head, took a deep breath, and tried to center himself. The panicked animal that lived inside every sane life-form desperately attempted to crawl into his mind and scratch, tear, and devour him whole. He wasn’t going to let it.”
― Paul Elard Cooley, An Ancient Trap

“When you weren’t paying attention, some part of you always was. Sometimes it saw or heard things or even felt things the conscious mind didn't understand. When the subconscious figured it out, it did what it could while you were awake. Some people called them premonitions, Aryana knew, but regardless of what they were, or what caused them, she erred on going with them.”
― Paul Elard Cooley, An Ancient Trap

“Still, discovering alien life, as far as Jordan was concerned, was simply an inevitability. In a nearly infinite universe, improbable was nearly the same as saying something was a certainty. Time was the only variable.”
― Paul E Cooley, An Ancient Trap