The Dog Walker Quotes

“She had liked, in Oregon, the feeling that the two of them and a dog could fill a house with enough intent to scare off bad luck. Preference, she had reminded herself, is not the same as wisdom.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“She steadied her breathing the way R had taught her—counting, holding, releasing.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“But staring at Eclipse of Silence, she couldn’t tell if that safety was strong enough to hold.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“Dogs lounged beneath half the tables, bowls of water set out by the staff as though they were regulars too.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“She thought of Perryville prison, of the noise, the heat, the eyes that never looked away.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“She had learned, too, that quiet was a thing you built, not a thing you inherited.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“Jane breathed it in and let herself think: she could live with this.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“She had once called Fable a compass. Sabine was a metronome.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“Margot studied the rim of her cup. “I think you want safety for her more than for yourself.” “I want choices,” Jane said.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“For her, it was a transaction—a weight traded for money, risk traded for survival.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“Outside, Santa Fe breathed the way it does in early fall—cool, steady, unhurried.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“Santa Fe’s night usually held a scatter of voices, a stray laugh, a dog bark; tonight the silence carried weight, like the city itself was holding its breath.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen