“Death in your eyes, Earthman. Nothing in your mind but murder. Can that brain of yours comprehend nothing but battle? Is there no curiosity there?…Let me look deeper — if there are depths. Your death will be — useful and, in a way, pleasant. Otherwise — well, the black beasts hunger. And flesh must feed them, as a sweeter drink feeds me…”

—  C. L. Moore

"Black Thirst" (1934); later published in Shambleau, and Others‎ (1953)

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American author 1911–1987

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