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The House on Foster Hill QUOTES

The House on Foster Hill QUOTES

1 " If left to her own devices, Kaine would probably end up on the next plane for New Zealand in the hopes her stalker didn’t care for international travel and horrible jet lag. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

2 " Crud. He’d read her mind. He was a Jedi! "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

3 " Well, there was a fire.” The records keeper was as intimidating and unreadable as Gandalf the wizard. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

4 " Murder of crows. Horrible term, considering the circumstances. Why couldn’t they be flocks like other birds? "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

5 " Ivy never felt such satisfaction as when Joel’s knuckles rammed into the man’s nose. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

6 " I know that I come from a line of strong women, who fought for their families, fought for those they loved, and saw hope in their future. And I know . . .” She breathed deep in the realization of it. “I know I am one of them. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

7 " Joel cleared his throat. “Do you remember the time Andrew said he heard Beethoven coming from this house?” Of course. She’d recalled that memory the night of her attack, though now she couldn’t avoid it. Ivy turned, and Joel’s gaze slammed into her. “We told him he was crazy. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

8 " The moment grew awkward. Silence. Yes, silence was awkward, but Kaine couldn’t think of anything to say. She looked away. The man hardly blinked. He was like some Jedi from Star Wars. No mind tricks on her today, no thank you. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

9 " Drat.” She dropped the crowbar to the floor and marched over to the box of face masks. Ripping it open, she tugged a white mask from inside. It tore from the force of her pull. “Drat!” Kaine threw it aside and yanked on another one. This time the rubber band for securing it around the wearer’s head snapped from the side of the mask. “Are you kidding me?” she growled at the empty room. Kaine sent the second "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

10 " All houses hold secrets, and I am one of them. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

11 " Kaine maneuvered a third mask from the box. This one was defective, and the hole in the front of it served as Kaine’s undoing. She crumpled to the floor, releasing a string of curses that made her cast a nervous glance toward the bedroom door "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

12 " Haunted was too cliché a word for this house, its deed now branded with her signature. Even ghosts would have abandoned the home years ago. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

13 " A book lay overturned on the floor beside the bed, its hard cover collecting dust. Great Expectations. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

14 " Danny would have been on his tablet right now, tapping out a to-do list for renovations in Evernote. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

15 " Yes. She needed that dog. A vicious guard dog. As well as a case to clip her can of pepper spray to her jeans and Captain America for a bodyguard. Or maybe the Green Arrow. Yes, definitely Oliver Queen. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

16 " This house was a reflection of what was in Kaine’s soul. This house was terrifying. This house was dead. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

17 " Trees arched over the road, their scraggly arms outstretched. Spring was on its way, though ice was still trapped in tree crevices, with patches of snow in the shaded pockets of the root base. As they rounded the corner, Foster Hill came into view, so named for the town’s founding family. At the top, glaring down at them with empty eyes, was Foster Hill House. It had been abandoned before Ivy was born. The years had not been kind to the old house. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

18 " But it’s a historic landmark, Kaine. And according to Grandpa Prescott’s old family Bible with the family tree, our great-great-grandmother lived in the same town. That alone should excite you. Not to mention it must be beautiful there. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

19 " There was nothing peaceful in this death. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill

20 " Oh, my landy-love.” Kaine used her grandfather’s substitute cussword. "

― Jaime Jo Wright , The House on Foster Hill