In the Pines Quotes

“From what Mercy had seen, most male dating profiles weren’t set up to attract women. Nearly every one had photos of the man holding dead fish or doing sweaty weight lifting. Things men liked.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“Some of today’s kids can barely find a grocery store, let alone cook a meal.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“Mercy inwardly groaned. Sovereign citizens believed they were exempt from the laws of the United States. Mercy couldn’t quite understand how they came to that conclusion, but it involved the end of the gold standard, admiralty laws, and secret Treasury accounts issued at birth. Most sovereign citizens were harmless; they fought the government with paperwork, tying up the courts with hundreds of pages of pseudolegal nonsense.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“They were full of vague references and twisty language, not clear-cut references. It was like reading a stoned college student’s attempt at poetry.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“had lived. If you were”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“Parenting wasn’t for cowards.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“She dropped to her knees, peering into the darkness. The lava-tube opening was about a dozen feet wide, and the person lay at the bottom of the deep, dark hole, almost hidden, but visible enough for Mercy to sense that something was very wrong.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“Parenting wasn’t for cowards. When the safety and well-being of another person depended on you, it changed the way you looked at everything.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines

“Because Meghan’s desire for the book was making him cautious. She’d appeared more interested in the notebook than in her brother’s death.”
― Kendra Elliot, In the Pines