Mary Burton > Quotes

“The Japanese say we have three faces. The first face, you show to the world. The second face, you show to your close friends and family. The third face, you never show anyone. It is the truest reflection of who you are.—Unknown”
― Mary Burton, Hide and Seek

“Love could turn vicious instantly.”
― Mary Burton, Before She Dies

“A barely tolerable world became unbearable.”
― Mary Burton, Before She Dies

“Beck nodded. ‘Dig in. Best food you’ll ever eat.’ She took her first bite and savoured the warm”
― Mary Burton, The Seventh Victim

“You said you’d not get weird after sex.”
― Mary Burton, The Last Move

“Knowledge is power. Always pays to be nice until nice no longer serves you.”
― Mary Burton, The Last Move

“When Riley Tatum vanished twelve years ago, no one sounded an alarm. No one called the cops, gathered a search party, or posted flyers. She simply disappeared from the streets into an abyss. Swallowed whole. She should have died. Been long forgotten. But for reasons she didn’t understand, the darkness spat her out.”
― Mary Burton, The Shark

“La confianza es un camino de dos direcciones...
Todas las fortunas tienen sus límites.
Hay cosas más importantes en la vida que un trozo de cristal.
Las palabras, por dulces que fueran, no suavizaban la pérdida.
El pasado es como un mal sueño. No se llega a olvidar del todo, pero con el tiempo pierde intensidad.
las cosas no te consuelan cuando tienes miedo, ni te escuchan cuando necesitas hablar con alguien. Las cosas nunca me han hecho feliz.”
― Mary Burton, The Perfect Wife

“Make a wish and it will be granted along with all the unintended consequences.”
― Mary Burton, Be Afraid

“Why did perfect feel broken?”
― Mary Burton, Be Afraid

“And I’m stabbed.” She felt vulnerable and fought a rush of tears. “He’s not going to hurt you,” Adler said.”
― Mary Burton, Her Last Word

“It’s how we handle those bad things that measures our worth.”
― Mary Burton, No Escape

“I liked plants. But they didn’t like me. They tended to die when they came into my orbit. I could almost hear the last plant I’d owned screaming for help as I carried it out of the plant shop.”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“F-you, bro.”
― Mary Burton, Cover Your Eyes

“Hudson’s house. It was bungalow style with a stone façade,”
― Mary Burton, Dying Scream

“What’s that kid’s story?” Hayden asked.”
― Mary Burton, Cut and Run

“Although often perceived as one disease, cancer is a number of diseases subsumed within one diagnostic label.”
― Mary Burton

“What do they say about revenge?” “It’s a dish best served cold.”
― Mary Burton, The Last Move

“If life had taught her anything, it was to listen to her instincts.”
― Mary Burton, Hide and Seek

“The world eats up good people all the time,”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“Victims wallow. They fret over what they cannot control. And I’m no victim.”
― Mary Burton, Dead Ringer

“brave”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“on my shoulder and then slipped on Cody’s leash”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“As the old man used to say, “The farther you run, the closer you get to your past.”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“Don’t be hatin’, Hughes,” Vaughan said with a grin.”
― Mary Burton, I See You

“two”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“Marriage is work.”
She frowned. “Yeah, but what exactly does that mean?”
Car doors closing had Jo glancing out the window in time to see Brody get out of his Bronco. He moved with steady, determined strides to Jim and shook his hand. “Sometimes I think it means staying and accepting the other person when all you want to do is run. Giving the storm time to pass, knowing smooth waters are ahead.”
― Mary Burton, No Escape

“Nothing like being on the receiving end of evil to know what it smells and tastes like.”
― Mary Burton, The House Beyond the Dunes

“Kids absorbed more than most parents realized.”
― Mary Burton, I See You

“everyone lies.”
― Mary Burton, The Lies I Told