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Quotes About Suspense

Richie Tankersley Cusick
~ Someone's at the door.
Teacher's pet Teacher's pet.. Your feeling so perplexed... Your friend has gone into pieces and you'll be next...
~ Richie Tankersley Cusick
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~ Rick Mofina
system. The automatic
~ Rick Mofina
man was confessing to him.
~ Rick Mofina
Far, far below, red liquid bubbled. Blood? Lava? Evil ketchup? None of the posibilities were good.
~ Rick Riordan
What was I up to, you may ask? I certainly didn't want to meet Monsieur Evil again or creepy old Lord Salamander.
~ Rick Riordan
A knock came at the door. Everyone looked up. Elena's nostrils flared and she leaned over to whisper something to Clay. Fuck, he muttered. Keep talking, Jaime. It's only Cassandra. She can wait. Forever, if we're lucky. I heard that, Clayton, Cassandra said as she walked in. Who the hell forgot to lock the door? Clay said. You were the last one in, Elena murmured. Damn.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Wish all my corpses would do that.
~ Kelley Armstrong
T'oublies un truc, cherie. C'est moi, le psychopathe du coin. - Clay Danvers
~ Kelley Armstrong
As my hair fell free, Cortez entwined his fingers in it and kissed me even harder. Then he slipped one hand from my hair and snapped his fingers over our heads. The lights went out.
~ Kelley Armstrong
As they neared the spot from which the noise had come, Moria saw a hand lying on the pathway. It appeared to be attached to a body, which was a relief. Again, these days, one could not guarantee such a thing.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Someone called him. Someone who seems to have set the whole things up, someone who knew me, my name. I looked at Liam. Who is it? He choked on a laugh. Seriously? I just died. Your boyfriend there killed me. You really expect me to stick around and chat? Love to, but I'm a little traumatized right now. Maybe later.
~ Kelley Armstrong
I started forward, but Daniel caught my arm and wordlessly pointed. I followed his finger to see the elongated shadow of an ATV that was parked on the other side of the cabin. I swore. "Ditto," he whispered.
~ Kelley Armstrong
How about we back up?" he said. "What?" "Back up to before we went in the cabin. I was going to tell you what I thought was going on. With you. It starts with that old woman at the tattoo studio. The one who said you were a skin-walker." "I--" "Not yet. This is my chance to look brilliant.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Rafe started to rise again. Daniel caught his arm. "They're not from the fire department," he whispered. "Right. In a fire truck, wearing fire--" "And carrying automatic rifles? Maybe that's standard gear for rescue workers in the States, but no one carries those here. Not even the cops.
~ Kelley Armstrong
stood there. Vasili was behind her. Tanya
~ Ken Follett
DEFCON 3 Capítulo 31 Capítulo 32 Capítulo 33 Capítulo 34 Capítulo 35 Capítulo 36 DEFCON 2 Capítulo
~ Ken Follett
Suspense was an excellent tool for keeping powerful people off balance. It gave one bargaining power.
~ Robin Hobb, City of Dragons
Quis occidit eum?" Who killed him? "Regan.
~ William Peter Blatty
It could be worse, Shawn said... We're all sitting around this fire not knowing which one among us is the person who has been systematically picking us off... Now imagine that while we're sitting here, Reggie's head falls off his body, grows spider legs, and runs away into the darkness. The silence following Shawn's remark was the quietest Gus had ever heard. Even the fire stopped popping and sparking for a moment.
~ William Rabkin
A little touch of Harry in the night.
~ William Shakespeare
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.
~ William Shakespeare
Wonder if Stephen King's like us or like them..?
~ David Moody