Stolen Ones Quotes

“his body is having doubts, so you need to tread carefully”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“The muscles around the eye sockets are the most difficult to control. Only one in ten people can do it. Forcing a smile to reach the eyes is difficult to do. Only genuine happiness can control the orbicularis oculi, the eye orbiting muscle.’ ‘How”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“wondered, for the hundredth time, what kind of world they’d live in if the criminals used their intelligence and skills to do good.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Doctor Alexandra Thorne was the most intelligent person Kim had ever known. She was also the most evil, ruthless, amoral, despicable excuse for a human being that she’d ever had the misfortune to meet. Despite”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“How much had this man lost through this one case? Kim wondered. His marriage. His friends. A career that had stagnated because he couldn’t get beyond his own failure or guilt. ‘You didn’t let anyone down, Gum. I’ve seen the files. You worked that case as hard as you possibly could have.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“I think you blamed yourself not only for the deaths of Lexi, Paula and Helen but also for the fact that your actions had turned Melody into a killer. You buried the bodies where Butler was working because you knew he had a predilection for young girls. You knew that if the bodies were ever found, he’d be a definite suspect.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“It’s hard for others to understand. I’ve been to many places but rarely have I seen anywhere as soulless as Hollytree. It is the place where everything goes to die. It’s like a landfill site for hopes and dreams, kindness and conscience. Everywhere you look there’s filth, despair and ugliness.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Kim bit her tongue. She had to remember that although not a killer, the man before her was a twisted, ruthless individual who had enjoyed playing games with them from day one.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Kim wondered if she really had disassociated herself completely from the person who had killed three girls, or if she truly had no regrets for what she’d done.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Kim worked hard to control the rage she felt at his nonchalance at simply plucking people from their lives, as though everything was there for the taking. For him, for his benefit, for his entertainment, his enjoyment.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“It wasn’t sexual,’ he said, opening his palms. ‘I didn’t view her that way at all. When I saw her I just wanted to look at her. She was beautiful, innocent, unspoiled. I never wanted to keep her. I wanted to just borrow a moment of her life, that particular moment.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Beast imprisons Belle in exchange for her father. Over time he feels empathy for her plight of being imprisoned, as he himself is imprisoned. Empathy turns to affection which turns to love. It happens.’ ‘It’s a fairy tale.’ ‘It’s an example,’ Alison persisted.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Penn had realised too late that he had no right to stop him. He saw a long, honest heart-to-heart in their future, but right now he was just angry at himself for depriving his brother due to his own fears. He didn’t need to share his failure with anyone else.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“I could not care less about you, Emma. I am not the slightest bit interested in your mundane life, annoying kids, husband or your next-door neighbour’s cat. I lied, I deceived and pretended to like you so I could see your value and, to your credit, I found some useful qualities I could use. ‘It was immediately clear to me that you were easily led and eager to serve. You are so used to looking after people on the outside. A fine quality in your home life and a totally exploitable trait for me.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“The word team indicates members of equal standing. Individuals working together with one common goal. Ours has been more of a master and puppet situation.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“My thoughts about my father are not something I’d ever choose to share with you, Alex, but be sure that there is no information you could hold that would get my seal of approval on your release. You are the vilest, most despicable person I have ever had the misfortune to meet.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“We have to nail him,’ Kim said. ‘This man has caused immeasurable pain to so many families. That’s why I want your honesty. Take out all the finite details of micro-expression, leakage and squelching. When you watch him, what does your instinct tell you about the man?”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Actually, yes, Mr Harte. You came to us claiming to have all kinds of information, yet you’ve told us nothing, and now you don’t seem able to answer the most basic question posed to you.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“I’m saying that his body is having doubts, so you need to tread carefully and continue to appeal to the side of him that wants to let it out. Gently, gently, catchee monkey.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“If you want honesty, Stella, I don’t give one fuck how many lives you’ve taken or ruined with your pharmaceutical enterprise. Neither would I care if you’d been wrongly convicted and are completely innocent. I don’t care.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“An ambitious, ruthless but brilliant solicitor who normally encourages her clients to go along the no-comment route. She’s a cool fish. We’ve had her here a couple of times, but not many of our normal clients can afford her prices.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Steven Harte appears to have formed emotional attachments with the girls he’s taken, and whether you like it or not, he appears to be forming one with you.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Kim felt the nausea rising within her. The two people she hated most in the world forming some kind of sick attachment behind her back was beyond twisted.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Because it means he has a weakness. He has a vulnerability. However evil you think he is, there will be a string you can latch on to and pull until it unravels him. You just have to look closely enough to find it.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Not you, Alex. You’re not the only psychopath in town, and you’re certainly not the most challenging.’ But I’m the one you’ve driven 40 miles at night to see, Alex thought with satisfaction.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Her team looked exhausted. They had pulled out all the stops to provide surveillance on Harte last night, and Stacey hadn’t even been home at all. She knew Stacey’s wife, Devon, would understand, having a high-pressure job herself.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“reaches its optimum unspoiled beauty before time and other insects get the opportunity to age and maim it.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“She started well. She was businesslike, not hostile or over friendly. But she never controlled her temper or masked her distaste or disgust. She’s supposed to stay emotionally detached and relaxed, but you can see the tension in every part of her body.’ ‘He is trying to play her like a violin,’ Penn defended.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Alison wasn’t one of her best friends, Stacey would hate her for her ability to eat more than a small village without putting on an ounce of weight.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones

“Not sure who Foggarty is, but in any situation where two opposing parties are reduced to the status of victim and offender, such as victims of domestic violence who stay with their abusers or sex workers regularly punished by their pimps, deep affection develops, as the captor is responsible for survival.”
― Angela Marsons, Stolen Ones