Dark State Quotes

“Once a man can be bought, his loyalty is temporary and only owed to the highest bidder. And that is not always—or even often—the United States of America. If anything,”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“It was, in fact, his weapon of choice—extremely accurate, with a manageable form factor, and most importantly, dependable. The thing never jammed, never malfunctioned. When an operator needed to spit a lot of lead in the bad guys’ direction, an HK416 would do it forever without complaining once. “Who the hell are you?” Trapp asked, eyeing the man with his steel-blue gaze. The shooter was dressed in dark combat fatigues and had the mark of a special operator about him—a cold, lethal tension that suggested he could snap into action with a millisecond’s notice. Out of the corner of his eye, Trapp saw that the man’s partner was dressed and armed exactly the same. Except the other shooter had his weapon raised and aimed directly at Trapp’s skull. He did the math, quickly, and decided for the time being to play it cool. In all honesty, he didn’t really have much of a choice. Either of the two operators could drop him before he moved a yard. The man ignored the question. “Get back on the helicopter!” he yelled, his voice a slow Arkansas drawl. Trapp’s brow furrowed. The hell? What was the point in dragging him halfway across the country just to send him back? And then it clicked. The operator wasn’t speaking to him. “But—” “No questions. Get back on the helicopter, and fuck off!” the shooter shouted, jerking his thumb to accentuate his point. Trapp glanced over his shoulder at the liaison officer’s dismayed frown, and a wide grin crept across his face. Maybe he didn’t mind being held at gunpoint after all.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“insanely driven individual who trained day after day, year after year, and decade after decade with an unrelenting, unbending desire to be the best. To beat the best.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“desiccated”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“morosely.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“been”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“surveying the speaker—a man in his early thirties, who was cradling a black Heckler & Koch HK416 submachine gun in his grip. The man’s posture was relaxed but had an intense lethality about it. Trapp recognized the weapon instantly. It was standard issue for operators in the CIA’s Special Activities Division. That made sense. It was, in fact, his weapon of choice—”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“Jason Trapp was born to complete his mission. And when he couldn’t, the failure cut him deep. It stole the thought of sleep from his mind and left him unable to contemplate taking any action except heading back into hell and trying all over again.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“Greaves looked up at the television and almost had a heart attack. The TV was showing ATN—aerial footage of a horrific terrorist attack. A news ticker scrolled across the”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“bloviate, pontificate, procrastinate, and generally stand in the way of American progress.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“To bloviate, pontificate, procrastinate, and generally stand in the way of American progress.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“black Heckler & Koch HK416 submachine gun”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“One of the key character traits required in a job like that is complete conviction in a chosen course of action. But when the facts change, so must you.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“bloviate,”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“the”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“Trapp grabbed as much of the submachine gun’s ammunition as he could carry, stuffing magazines into every spare pocket of his jeans and jacket. If he’d planned this better, he would have double-taped them end to end. But he hadn’t truly believed that something like this could happen. Not on the streets of America. That old motto drilled into him at the Farm swam through his mind in a mocking chorus. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.”
― Jack Slater, Dark State

“background”
― Jack Slater, Deep State