State of Attack Quotes

“In the eerie silence, Basilios sensed movement above. He glanced up and saw a flock of cranes flying south, their long necks outstretched. Even the birds are leaving, he thought.”
― Gary Haynes, State of Attack

“The remnants of a place, the buildings flattened or hollowed, the facades bullet-ridden. A fractured place, with a fractured people.”
― Gary Haynes, State of Attack

“Hours before, the women, plagued by flies, had held aloft sacred wooden icons and had wailed for their loss.”
― Gary Haynes, State of Attack