M.D. Grayson > Quotes

“Northwest adage that “the weather doesn’t dictate what you do—it only dictates what you wear while you do it.”
― M.D. Grayson, No Way to Die

“But remember the old saying—just because you walk through a pit of snakes and come out the other side without getting bit the first time doesn’t mean the next snake you meet’s not gonna kill you.”
― M.D. Grayson, Mona Lisa Eyes

“haven’t”
― M.D. Grayson, Mona Lisa Eyes

“If a tree falls down in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“Remember, God built you to face forward, not backward. Your future is in front of you, not behind.”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“Do you know Eddie? Have you ever seen him?” Gina asked, still basically petrified. “Did you ever talk to him? He’s insane.”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“Fixation is when you don’t know the answer to a problem, but you think you have a pretty good idea. You then buy into your own theory to the exclusion of everything else around you. Then, when it turns out your theory is wrong, you find that in your zeal to prove it, you’ve passed by the clues that could have led to the right answer.”
― M.D. Grayson, No Way to Die

“thing as him, then. Just throw on some Lipitor”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“Brandi Carlile album.”
― M.D. Grayson, Isabel's Run

“was starting to see that for the public—people who aren’t cops, which now included me—there’s an ocean of gray between black and white, or at least maybe there should be sometimes. Right is still right, and wrong is still wrong; laws are still laws.”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“vest jacket that was at the core of his discomfort. Never”
― M.D. Grayson, Blue Molly

“Regis Jackson leaned against a pon-derosa pine and took three deep breaths. At six feet two inches and 190 pounds, the thirty-two-year-old”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance

“Really? I mean, she’s known them, what, a little over an hour? And already, she’s saying good-bye with a hug? I shook my head. Toni’s about a thousand times better with people than I am. Could be it’s a gender thing. I didn’t used to pay any attention, but now I’m starting to notice that with guys, we tend to talk, ask questions, process information, and then move on. Not much in the way of subtleties, not much nuance—usually not much emotion unless we get pissed off for some reason. For us, things are pretty much black and white, thank you very much. Since I’ve been with Toni, I’ve learned that with women, it’s way different. They look for—and often seem to find—hidden layers of meanings, feelings, and whatnot—the kind of stuff guys like me never even see—the crap that goes right past us. Women find messages inside of messages. “What do you think she meant by that?” Toni would say after we’d leave a conversation with someone. I’d”
― M.D. Grayson, Mona Lisa Eyes

“Really? I mean, she’s known them, what, a little over an hour? And already, she’s saying good-bye with a hug? I shook my head. Toni’s about a thousand times better with people than I am. Could be it’s a gender thing. I didn’t used to pay any attention, but now I’m starting to notice that with guys, we tend to talk, ask questions, process information, and then move on. Not much in the way of subtleties, not much nuance—usually not much emotion unless we get pissed off for some reason. For us, things are pretty much black and white, thank you very much. Since I’ve been with Toni, I’ve learned that with women, it’s way different. They look for—and often seem to find—hidden layers of meanings, feelings, and whatnot—the kind of stuff guys like me never even see—the crap that goes right past us. Women find messages inside of messages. “What do you think she meant by that?” Toni would say after we’d leave a conversation with someone. I’d look at her, confused, and then I’d shrug. “I don’t know. Probably meant just what she said.” She’d give me a look that basically said I was completely hopeless. Fifty shades of gray? Yeah, I’d say . . . at least. In early 2007 I was still in the army stationed at Fort Lewis. I was taking classes part-time at the University of Washington, working on my bachelor’s in law, societies, and justice—the U-Dub’s version of a criminal justice degree. I was”
― M.D. Grayson, Mona Lisa Eyes

“Regis Jackson leaned against a pon-derosa pine and took three deep breaths. At six feet two inches and 190 pounds, the thirty-two-year-old wasn’t winded. He’d found, though, that it helped to pause”
― M.D. Grayson, Angel Dance