Turning Stones Quotes

“What I'm saying is that we all hold, in our minds, the ability to create images that would break us in half.”
― Marc Parent, Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk

“You gotta love the cops. They start the night ready to shoot someone's eyes off and at the same time ready to carry a child with a grandmother's tenderness. Ready to shatter and ready to soothe at the touch of a trigger, a good cop is an amazing animal.”
― Marc Parent, Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk

“Mastering the art of good casework is a little like staring into the shuttering eyes of a rabid canine and saying "nice doggie" until you find a shotgun.”
― Marc Parent, Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk