Stuart Woods > Quotes

“Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books.”
― Stuart Woods

“I'm being uprooted," Dino said. "You're being transplanted," Viv replied, "and to a better home.”
― Stuart Woods, Unintended Consequences

“What's the matter, don't you like surprises?"
"I like them if they're pleasant ones, and when they happen suddenly," Holly said. "But not when I have to ponder them for an hour and forty-five minutes.”
― Stuart Woods, Reckless Abandon

“I’m a part of this team, a real part of this team, not the mascot.”
― Stuart Woods, Jackpot

“gives an outstanding officer the chance of a lifetime to make his whole career.” Helder blinked. The classical circumstance which created that sort of opportunity was war.”
― Stuart Woods, Deep Lie

“automatic pilot, numb”
― Stuart Woods, Santa Fe Rules

“in”
― Stuart Woods, Skin Game

“apartment she was occupying. She walked over”
― Stuart Woods, Hot Pursuit

“if they were Bible salesmen.”
― Stuart Woods, D.C. Dead

“dinner, and by the time they had finished their”
― Stuart Woods, Insatiable Appetites

“Grass Roots‡”
― Stuart Woods, Naked Greed

“Of course,” Wilfred said, “but our Russian friends, who are artful in these things, have a substance said to be made from two common household ingredients, which, when mixed, make a poison that works in a few minutes and is chemically untraceable.” “What are the ingredients?” Roger asked. “I don’t know—and I don’t want to know,” Wilfred replied. “If they became public knowledge there would be an immediate rash of unexplained domestic deaths in this country and around the world.”
― Stuart Woods, Stealth

“underestimated Macher,” he said. “How so?”
― Stuart Woods, Fast & Loose

“Tumult”
― Stuart Woods, Cold Paradise

“Stone’s shoulder and pointed. “There’s”
― Stuart Woods, Swimming To Catalina

“into”
― Stuart Woods, Near Miss

“Penobscot Bay,”
― Stuart Woods, Shoot First

“landing there anyway.” “Wish I could, but duty calls. Maybe”
― Stuart Woods, Dishonorable Intentions

“allegedly,”
― Stuart Woods, Fresh Disasters

“The sun is officially over the yardarm, somewhere, so come with me.”
― Stuart Woods, Criminal Mischief

“Welcome to San Francisco,” the AOC said.”
― Stuart Woods, Hot Pursuit

“Or, perhaps, Hillary and Jack Coulter, since she was the one with all the money, and there was a great deal of it. He added a couple of paragraphs to the memo he was sending to the tax and finance department of his law firm, Woodman & Weld, where his suggestions would be reviewed to keep him out of trouble. His phone buzzed.”
― Stuart Woods, Carnal Curiosity

“he was”
― Stuart Woods, Deep Lie

“signed by Bobby Jones.”
― Stuart Woods, The Short Forever

“It was time to panic, Scotty thought. The only thing she could think of was to faint.

Scotty had never fainted before, not even in the worst moments of her life, but she was so frightened that very little acting was required. She simply placed a hand on her forehead, then crumpled in sections at Bo's feet like an elongated sack of oranges.

Bo's inexperience with fainting apparently matched Scotty's, because he reacted as if she had taken an arrow to the chest.”
― Stuart Woods, Under the Lake

“downstairs”
― Stuart Woods, Quick & Dirty

“and worked her way up to major and”
― Stuart Woods, Orchid Beach

“each avenue of investigation proved fruitless, he turned more to Skeeter’s theory of a murder among hoboes; it made sense; it fit the facts in every respect;”
― Stuart Woods, Chiefs

“Howell hung up the phone and pressed his forehead against the cool glass of the booth. The world was suddenly a different place. He wasn’t sure he liked it.”
― Stuart Woods, Under The Lake

“Stone thought about that for a moment. “That might be a good use for some of your money, and you’ll probably make a profit on it when you leave Yale. How much is it?” “It would normally sell for around a million and a half, but they’re asking a million two, because of the recession. I’ll buy the place, and Peter and Hattie will split the monthly maintenance payments.” “Offer them a million, then settle for a million one,” Stone said. “Give them a check for ten”
― Stuart Woods, Son Of Stone