Mark Stevens > Quotes

“Allison Coil stroked the soft neck of the massive bull elk. The skin was still warm to the touch. She felt the smooth fur on the animal’s head, looked at the crimson dot on its skull that leaked blood, then pressed her index finger against the spot where death had found an opening.”
― Mark Stevens, Antler Dust

“If I hadn’t come back today to check on you boys, which one of you would have taken this puppy apart?” she said. “I was going to wing it,”
― Mark Stevens, Antler Dust

“Death, she had learned, is simply a corpse you carry around underneath your skin. Until one day it pops free.”
― Mark Stevens, Antler Dust

“In the early days of the sport, the pitcher was seen only as the person who put the ball in play—and hitters were once allowed to ask for pitches to be thrown in a certain way and to a certain spot. Pitchers were nobodies.”
― Mark Stevens, The Fireballer

“A lesson, please,” said Vic. “You might not be around to hold my hand the next time I bring down an elk.” “You’ve taken your kill for this season, mister,” Allison said. “If you learn how to do this right, you can hold one of your buddies’ hands.” She looked”
― Mark Stevens, Antler Dust

“Baseball can’t guard against any of those wrinkles or the delicate psychology of these precious athletic minds. Baseball is a humbling game, they say.”
― Mark Stevens, The Fireballer

“His once-thick hair has thinned”
― Mark Stevens, No Lie Lasts Forever

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.”
― Mark Stevens, The Fireballer