High Stakes Quotes

“While Abigail showered, I retrieved my jacket and took the envelope out of my pocket. ‘Five days. if you play with matches, you will get burned”
― Brian J. Twiddy, Blessing

“This was getting worse by the minute.”
― J L MARRAIN, THE GRIDD: PERILS OF THE LIGHTHOLDER

“Yet, he knew the terror behind him was but an overture of things to come.”
― Chad Boudreaux, Mob Justice: A Scavenger Hunt Thriller

“But nothing. This is real life, and you’re untrained in the art and science of surveillance and countermeasures. They have guns, and you have a law degree”
― Chad Boudreaux, Mob Justice: A Scavenger Hunt Thriller

“The Arabs poisoned the wells before they left—rotten dead animals dropped in.”
― Murray Bailey, The Prisoner of Acre

“Somebody is killing all the new Changelings, so you’re in danger. We don’t know why”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“Without their help, she feared they would all be lost forever.”
― Patricia Mather Parker, The Abode

“One day isn’t good enough, Isaac. My patient is in dire need today, right now.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

“He was there on the space station on his own secret mission and was worried how dangerous it might be.”
― Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

“Time is a luxury we don’t have. Each passing second raises the probability that someone else just took their last breath.”
― S.E. Stitcher, The Doomsday Butcher

“You want the truth? Then you come alone. And make sure you’re not followed. Your life depends on it.”
― Murray Bailey, The Mark of Eternity

“He was running for his life. If he didn’t make it, he hoped Emily would take off and get to safety.”
― Dawn Chalker, Bear Me in Mind

“Everything for the game.”
― J. Rose Black, The Real Ones

“Her only weapon now was observation — to remember everything: every accent, every name, every license plate.”
― D.L. Maddox, Reckoning

“So naturally, you get arrested by the Department of Justice.
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― Lin Wilder, Plausible Liars: A Dr. Lindsey McCall Medical Mystery 5

“No Child Left Behind has diminished [teachers'] sense of control of their own classroom, narrowed the focus of their jobs, and stifled pedagogical innovation.”
― James M. Lang, Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty

“Hence [through No Child Left Behind] the state has been given power...to fire all teachers and principles. So here we have an unusual case in which the students are engaged in the performances, but the high stakes have been displaced onto the teachers who are preparing their charges for the exams.”
― James M. Lang, Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty

“Trust is a piece of yourself you give away. You should be careful who you give it to.”
― Casey L. Bond, High Stakes

“He was a beautiful symphony of perfect destruction; a dark melody I knew by heart.”
― Casey L. Bond, High Stakes

“My father always told me that those who are wise as serpents can afford to be harmless as a dove. Don’t lose you, Eve. Keep your eyes open. If something goes wrong, you’re smart. Do whatever it takes to survive, but don’t lose yourself in the process. Nothing would be worth that sacrifice.”
― Casey L. Bond, High Stakes

“Everyone is equal before the flop.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“A woman with nothing to lose is merely dangerous; a woman with everything to protect is a reckoning." Maria Monday, Symphony of Lies

"Some inherit money. Others inherit secrets worth killing for." Maria Monday, Symphony of Lies

"For some, gazing into the abyss fosters strength, while others are consumed by it." Maria Monday, Symphony of Lies”
― Maria Monday, Symphony Of Lies: A Psychological Thriller of Wealth, Power, and Lethal Secrets

“She knew that no matter the odds, the hurdles, even the pain, she would unwaveringly pursue her fantasy—to a place where she was told that liberty did exist—the United States of America.”
― Willem Geri, The Escape: La La La