Recovery Quotes

“Slowly the shivers and shakes that had gripped her began to pass as her body warmed.  Leaning over Bill’s still unmoving form she reached out to check him.  He didn’t respond when she shook his shoulder and Rachel placed two fingers on his neck to check his pulse.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“After the Charger’s high-performance Hemi, the Jeep felt absolutely asthmatic.  The six-cylinder engine made a”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“The two males had been standing directly in front of the point of detonation, and both had been killed instantly.  Standing a few yards to the side, the female had been injured but was still on her feet, limping towards us.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“We blasted through Laramie, Wyoming, seeing nothing other than the empty pavement brightly illuminated by the Charger’s lights.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“There was no tickle of breath as she held her face in front of the pilot’s.  He was dead.  Rachel sat back with a groan.  The morphine.  Anesthetics not only block pain, they also inhibit the body’s thermoregulatory process.  Shivering is one way the body tries to warm itself, fighting cold, as well as pulling blood from the extremities into the torso to protect the vital organs and the brain.  The morphine had prevented that, and the man had frozen to death.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“Bitch!  But she was right.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“To either side of the immediate area were two exit doors, both with alarmed crash bars on them to prevent someone from opening them without setting off a siren unless they had a key.  Using my Ka-Bar, I popped the cover off the one to my right and cut the wires leading from the battery, then slapped the housing back in place.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery

“but I’d take heat over cold and wet any day of the week.  As long as you have enough water, heat is just uncomfortable.  Cold and wet?  That’s downright miserable when you’re in the field.”
― Dirk Patton, Recovery