Joshua Hood > Quotes

“But he knew that no matter how many threads he cut or how far he moved, there would always be one set of records that he couldn't touch: his file in the Treadstone archives.”
― Joshua Hood, The Treadstone Resurrection

“He said that inside each of us there is a battle between two wolves. One wolf is good and wants to do good things. But the other, all he wants to do is destroy everything, tear you down, and keep you there until one day you can't take it and you eat a bullet....

"I asked him which wolf won," Hayes said, getting to his feet and brushing the dirt off his knees....

He said the wolf that wins is the one you feed.”
― Joshua Hood, Robert Ludlum's™ The Treadstone Resurrection

“With the pills finally out of his system, the conduit that connected Hayes to the training he'd received at Treadstone was wide open, and he reacted without hesitation, emotion, or thought. He was a machine, programmed for one purpose: to kill.”
― Joshua Hood, The Treadstone Resurrection

“He said that inside each of us there is a battle between two wolves. One wolf is good and wants to do good things. But the other, all he wants to do is destroy everything, tear you down, and keep you there until one day you can't take it and you eat a bullet....

"I asked him which wolf won," Hayes said, getting to his feet and brushing the dirt off his knees.,,,

He said the wolf that wins is the one you feed.”
― Joshua Hood, The Treadstone Resurrection

“Lane tugged the Vortex”
― Joshua Hood, The Guardian

“When he trusted his legs to hold him, Hayes grunted to his feet, placed the pistol on the bedside table, and padded across the hardwood to the bathroom. He palmed the wall switch and the overhead lights flashed to life, revealing the mass of scars that crisscrossed his bare torso like lines on a topographic map.”
― Joshua Hood, Robert Ludlum's™ The Treadstone Resurrection

“Jesus!” she exclaimed without taking her eyes off the veritable path that now served as their street. “Don’t you get it? The fix is in. What makes you think that Pedernales bird is any safer than your so-called safe house?” Hayes was already achy and angry, but couldn’t deny her logic. “But what reason …” “There are probably a million reasons they want me and Hugo dead,” Carver interrupted, “and within thirty seconds of meeting your ‘friends’ back at the safe house, I figured they wanted us dead, too. Why is Poe giving you such a hard time?”
― Joshua Hood, Robert Ludlum's™ the Treadstone Transgression

“Turning on her side, she felt the friction from the rough carpet burn her exposed skin. The movement sent a shard of pain through the back of her skull. Ignoring the screaming protest of her shoulder, she dug behind her until her hand closed around the butt of her SIG P226. A few tugs and it was free. A tiny voice was yelling frantically from the mangled front seat. Renee collapsed onto her back, pistol in hand, and looking up into the front seat, she saw Joseph lying still against the steering wheel. He was bleeding heavily. A shadow appeared at his window. Renee struggled to focus and then the window exploded as the muzzle of an M4 punched through the glass. Her pistol came up, guided by the primitive part of her brain, and she fired two shots from her place on the floor. She heard the man grunt as blood misted onto the spiderwebbed windshield. Reaching above her head and grabbing the latch, Renee pushed the door open with her head. The fresh air felt good as she twisted herself onto her stomach and clawed her way out of the Jeep. A burst of rifle fire hit the Jeep like a handful of gravel being thrown against an aluminum building. She struggled to her feet as what was left of the windshield exploded into the air”
― Joshua Hood, Clear by Fire

“Writing saved me. If I can be redeemed, anyone can. It's like therapy. There is no gift to writing or life - it’s just hard work. I could have very easily stayed in a 'normal job' but it wasn't good for my soul.”
― Joshua Hood

“I feel that readers trust me to give them something new - something real they haven't already read a hundred times. Writing isn't just a job for me, it's a profession. I have a deep respect for the craft and the genre. I always work hard to get it right!”
― Joshua Hood

“Slipping into one of Marrakech’s many nameless narrow alleys, he pulled his Glock 23 from its holster and quickly screwed on a suppressor. It was bulky and made the pistol heavier, but it was better than the alternative. After jamming the Glock into his jacket pocket he headed to the three-story apartment building he’d been watching. It reminded him of East Los Angeles, where he’d grown up and learned to blend in. Being the only non-Latino boy in the barrio had taught him the value of keeping a low profile and that, combined with the dark complexion he’d gotten from his mother, helped him blend in among the natives of North Africa”
― Joshua Hood, Clear by Fire

“Hayes had been here before, wounded, alone, and on the run. Wanting to quit, but unable to, thanks to the mind job the Treadstone docs had done on him.
Survival: It was the only thing that mattered.
And revenge, the voice reminded him.”
― Joshua Hood, Robert Ludlum's™ The Treadstone Resurrection

“..as he (agent) sat up in bed, mouth tasting like a three-day old ashtray, and waited for the room to stop spinning before grunting to his feet.

he as able to emanate the word "fucker" at the empty bottle of wild turkey on the nightstand.”
― joshua hood, The Treadstone Resurrection

“Renee lifted her trusty Nikon and snapped a few shots of the car and the plate as it flew into the garage. The camera’s sturdy black housing was dinged and scratched from countless operations around the Mideast, but it was still as functional as it had been the day she bought it. It was her safety blanket and one of her only real possessions. She checked the images on the digital display just as a Chevy Malibu crept down the street and pulled into the target location. Renee knew she had to move or risk missing the meeting.”
― Joshua Hood, Clear by Fire

“flashed a toothy grin to”
― Joshua Hood, Robert Ludlum's™ The Treadstone Resurrection

“Vengeance was the most powerful instinct.”
― Joshua Hood, The Treadstone Resurrection