Edge of Collapse Quotes

“a state of mind, nothin’ else. You remember that. So is fear.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“raised three fingers above the horizon line: a trick her father had taught her. Each three-finger segment represented approximately an hour. Still three hours until sundown.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“a creature whose very nature was to kill.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“lately,”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“That’s what I mean,” CiCi said. “There’s two kinds of fear. Healthy fear keeps you alive. It’s that gut instinct we women tend to ignore. You listen to that, you keep breathin’. Fear warns you to pay attention. To get out. To stand your ground and fight. Fear’s the body’s warnin’ system. Without it, we’re the deer trapped in the middle of the road stunned by oncomin’ headlights. Roadkill every time.” “And the other kind of fear?” Hannah asked hoarsely. “That second kinda fear takes hold of you and don’t let go. It sinks its claws in and turns you into somethin’ you’re not. That fear destroys you from the inside out.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“She knew snow should never be eaten for hydration. The energy required by the body to heat and liquefy the snow caused further dehydration and increased the chance of hypothermia.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“She leaned her remaining ski pole against her chest and raised three fingers above the horizon line: a trick her father had taught her. Each three-finger segment represented approximately an hour. Still three hours until sundown.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“Alone is a state of mind, nothin’ else. You remember that. So is fear.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“Healthy fear keeps you alive. It’s that gut instinct we women tend to ignore. You listen to that, you keep breathin’. Fear warns you to pay attention. To get out. To stand your ground and fight. Fear’s the body’s warnin’ system. Without it, we’re the deer trapped in the middle of the road stunned by oncomin’ headlights. Roadkill every time.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“Nature was what it was. It wasn’t cruel. It wasn’t filled with malice, not like humanity. It was beautiful in its hardness.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“The world was divided into predator and prey. The rules society erected for itself were shams, civilization only a mask meant to hide the violent, brutal truth—men were made to kill.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“That second kinda fear takes hold of you and don’t let go. It sinks its claws in and turns you into somethin’ you’re not. That fear destroys you from the inside out.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“his home. She’d done it on purpose to aggravate him.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“A roof overhang kept the snow drifting against the door from being too high to jam the door open enough for Hannah and Liam to slip inside.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“who she used to be and sucked her deeper into this endless”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“Get a move on, Thacker. I’m freezing my balls off out here.” “Thought your balls were too small to freeze.” “Screw you, moron.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“A half-second ago, he’d been prepared to snap the old lady’s neck. She’d threatened to kill them. Now she was smiling like she’d just won a pie-making contest. The crazy old woman dropped the shotgun into the crook of her arm and stuck out her hand. “Name’s CiCi Delacruz. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“It wouldn’t take much to break her frail neck.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“There’s no need to bite my face off.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“The thrill of hunting was in the kill. The thrill of killing was in the hunt.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...” ― e.e cummings”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“They didn’t get it. They never did. They always looked for the simplest explanation and clung to it. That tendency allowed many an unseen, unsuspected evil to have its way in the shadows.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“cheeks.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“slip it”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“come back on. The fridge didn’t buzz. The generator didn’t rumble”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“He wasn’t responsible for that strange woman. He wasn’t a soldier anymore, wasn’t bound by any code to offer aid and protection.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“slow. It meant something faster could catch her.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse

“COLD. The four basic principles to keeping warm. C—Keep clothing clean. O—Avoid overheating. L—Wear clothes loose and in layers. D—Keep clothing dry.”
― Kyla Stone, Edge of Collapse