Crockatiel Quotes

“he needed a crocodile sample to get out. Damned if he cared if it was some mutant crocodile that ran around on its back feet fighting tigers, he was going home.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“There was a sliding, sloshing sound, and then the air seemed to shatter from the sound of a roar so loud, so overpowering it rattled teeth and echoed through the swamp. A huge shadow rose from the water directly in front of them.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“What is that?" Isabella asked him. "Courage," he said. "I'm with you – we kill the damn thing, whatever the hell it is, but I'm not going in there unprepared." "You have weapons? You have something to give you strength?" "I got beer, lady. I got a shotgun, and I got beer.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“He always woke early, had coffee, checked his e-mail and then decided whether to climb back into bed.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“They owned a pickup truck that, when on the road, looked like it had risen from a junkyard of its own volition and might have to be shot in the head to be killed.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“All their lives they had lived with the certain knowledge that there had to be a secret symbol on the outside of their house that said "Suckers live here" in cat, dog, and several other animal languages.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“They both stared at the microscope as if it might hop off the bench and chase them around the room.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel

“What could possibly," he said slowly, "be weird about a DNA sample from a simple crocodile?" he said. "We have vials of similar cells. I could run a slide projector and display them on the walls like a psychedelic 1960s dance party, and none of them – not one – would be in any way remarkable without the accompanying LSD.”
― David Niall Wilson, Crockatiel - An O.C.L.T. Novel