Mary Stone > Quotes

“She laughed, but it was bitter. “Not your circus, Dalton. Not your monkeys.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's Redemption

“Welcome to book one of Mary Stone’s debut crime fiction series. If you love a page-turning thriller with mind churning mystery, unexpected villains, and riveting suspense, Winter’s Mourn will keep you guessing until the end.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's Mourn

“way into”
― Mary Stone, Winter Black Series Box Set 2

“She’d kill him without a second thought, like the evil, conscienceless shitbag deserved.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's Redemption

“In our line of work, one of the first things you learn is that obsession bleeds into fanaticism. From there, it’s a short fall to extremist. You’re losing control.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's Redemption

“was like a grand mausoleum, the lives of a thousand people nestled away on shelves in neat matching containers only awaiting to be opened to tell their tales and then slid back into the wall for the next supplicant to the wisdom of the dead.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's End

“People force their suffering loved ones to continue far longer than they should because of their own misplaced fear of death.”
― Mary Stone, Prescription for Murder

“She;d always been”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Reckoning

“Grief is a weight you carry on your back. It never gets any lighter, but your muscles get stronger over time.”
― Mary Stone, The End of Justice

“You’re welcome. I’m only saying that change happens. And a shift in circumstances of any kind is rarely comfortable. But if you actually work to choose the change as if you’ve asked for it rather than simply trying to accept what’s happened, you may regain a sense of control.”
― Mary Stone, Last Vendetta

“irritate”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Escape

“no one truly knew anyone else.”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Secret

“Strong people cry. It’s part of self-care. You’re never going to get through the really rough times unless you take care of yourself.”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Mystery

“what in my daddy’s time was called a confidence trickster or a flimflam man—was often called a catfish. Ask me why, I did not know.”
― Mary Stone, Beneath the Surface

“Weather forecasting was the only job where a person could be wrong frequently and still have job security.”
― Mary Stone, Storm's Rite

“bougie”
― Mary Stone, Dark Greed

“gaze.”
― Mary Stone, Storm's Nightmare

“you love how much they mean to you before they slip away.”
― Mary Stone, Descent into Madness

“If all I ever do is learn how not to spend every night having nightmares, that’s something, at least.”
― Mary Stone, Autumn's Game

“Well”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Deadline

“corners”
― Mary Stone, Shadow's Secret

“Now, she had the privilege of functioning on four hours of sleep per day to work two full-time jobs that still didn’t bring in quite enough money for her to properly take care of her children, whom she never spent time with anymore anyway.”
― Mary Stone, Autumn's Rage

“the”
― Mary Stone, Killer Spirit

“He’s watching you. He’s been watching you since you escaped. It was easy, what with your parents parading their precious daughter around at every charity function in Charleston since you could walk.”
― Mary Stone, Cold Threat

“attention. Narcissistic bastard.”
― Mary Stone, Autumn's Game

“You can’t squeeze a woman dry and still expect her to have the hots for you. He was lucky she stuck around as long as she did.”
― Mary Stone, Autumn's Game

“If there’s one thing I personally hate, it’s a cheater, but they make great suspects. If someone’s willing to cross that line, who knows how many other lines they’ll cross?”
― Mary Stone, Dark Suspicion

“of air. His face was beet red, the smug expression he’d had when he walked into the”
― Mary Stone, Cold Grave

“it will come and leave you weeping on the bathroom floor.”
― Mary Stone, Killer Shot

“Leaves scattered and chittered across the floor like flat vermin as the wind found the small hole in the window and played with the trash and leaves and dust, flinging them in all directions.”
― Mary Stone, Winter's End