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The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4) QUOTES

The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4) QUOTES

1 " She pulled out her earbuds, leaking music out into the art pavilion. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

2 " Nate poked her with the toe of his sneaker.
“This is a David thing,” he said. “Obviously.”
She did not reply.
“Romance seems fun,” he added.
“Don’t.”
“I’m not. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

3 " [Until Frances Glessner Lee] It used to be that when someone died, there was no set method for examining the body and the scene. All kinds of people would be sent who had no formal training, and they'd contaminate the scene. Sometimes people would be accused of murder when it was an accident and the other way around "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

4 " Even if you knew your routine like the back of your hand, a checklist was still important. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

5 " Small change of plan. One of the counselors got sick. He’s going to be delayed by a day or two. I need you to sub in until he gets here.”
“What?” Nate said, blinking.
“It’s the Jackals, cabin 12. The kids are nine years old. You’ll be working with Dylan and staying in that cabin until the other counselor gets here. Can you go join him over at that table when you’re done eating?”
“Oh no,” he whispered dryly. “No. How did everything fall apart so quickly? "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

6 " There will be children here tomorrow,” Nate said. “Children. With their little child fingers.”
“Child fingers?”
“I’m saying we won’t be safe anymore. This other counselor better stop being sick really quick. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

7 " Periodically someone would encourage her to walk through the woods or try out the mountain bike. Stevie viewed these offers with grave suspicion and declined. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

8 " I’m still going to eat a lot of tacos,” Nate said. “But I’m going to do it judgmentally "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

9 " Fashions come and go, but jawlines are eternal. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

10 " Anxiety is very accommodating. Minutes ago, Stevie’s anxiety was all about failure. It neatly converted itself into worry about places called Bounce Houses and not having hot water or air-conditioning. It was perfectly ready to bring the snakes to the party. It’s a big tent. All problems are welcome. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

11 " This is how she had learned to release some of her anxiety—thoughts may come, but she didn’t have to follow them everywhere they wanted her to go. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

12 " Never question the girl who works in the library" -Eric "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

13 " night,” he said. “All. Night. He talked about my book. Mostly, what he thought was wrong with it. And where is the second one? He knows more about that book than I do. He is a sentient internet comment. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

14 " There were for sure snakes at the camp. It was entirely made of snakes. Why hadn’t she thought of the snakes? "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

15 " That’s the thing about speaking—you can talk and talk and have no idea at all what the words leaving your mouth mean, or where they came from. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

16 " Sometimes anxiety did that—it could slow you down or speed you up. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

17 " Daughters were supposed to like prom dresses and getting their hair done and shopping. Stevie assumed those things were all fine and good, but she didn’t understand them, really—at least not in the way that you were supposed to understand them. She never once in her life felt the desire to dress up, "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

18 " Nothing is longer than a little while. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

19 " She’s like the Hulk,” Nate explained. “But instead of transforming when she gets mad, it’s when she sees crafts. And she doesn’t turn big and green. She just makes crafts. So not like the Hulk, really. "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)

20 " Most high school students have hobbies. Some play music. Some play sports. Some write , or draw or make things.
Stephanie ( Stevie ) Bell solves CRIME "

― Maureen Johnson , The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)