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Quotes About Suspense

I also packed explosives." -Liz
~ Ally Carter
When Hale's hand disappeared inside his tuxedo jacket, Macey wasn't exactly sure what he'd find inside the pocket. It could have been another phone or a breath mint. Really, nothing would have surprised her. Well nothing except... "Is that an earbud?" she whispered. He smiled. "Are you on comms?" "Shhh," he told her softly.
~ Ally Carter
The Bagshaw's blew up an armored truck one,' Gabrielle offered.
~ Ally Carter
No, you misunderstand, Madame Prime Minister. I'm not just good at staying alive. I'm also really, really good at drugging people. - Grace
~ Ally Carter
guess we should start by X-raying it," Liz said slowly. "We'll need to scan it for biohazards, of course, and—" Abby lunged forward, cutting Liz off. She didn't hesitate as she grabbed the package and ripped. Scraps of paper and packing material flew everywhere, but no one said a thing as Abby turned the envelope upside down and dumped the contents onto the table. "Or we could do that," Liz finished.
~ Ally Carter
But Maddie walked to the side of the bridge, and then he saw a huge knife buried in the post, waiting. "Stefan took your knife," he blurted like an idiot. Maddie looked like she'd never been more insulted in her life. "I never leave the house with just one knife. Seriously. Do I look like a one-knife kind of girl?" She pulled it from the post and Logan could see the fire glistening off a long blade that could have easily sliced through those old ropes.
~ Ally Carter
I find there is a lack of international intrigue at the moment. - Rosie
~ Ally Carter
So what is it?" Angus asked, appearing at his brother's side and rubbing his hands together. In the dim light, his eyes seemed to glow. "Is it Hansel and Gretel?" "Can't be," Hamish told him. "We only have the one grenade launcher." "Right." Angus nodded as if Hamish had a most excellent point.
~ Ally Carter
As I thought of Boston; as I heard the words "get her" one more time; as I realised that Macey hadn't been the only Gallagher Girl on the roof that day.
~ Ally Carter
They beat me to it." And that was when things really got weird. I mean, my mom had broken into Sub-level Two.
~ Ally Carter
They have eliminated Mrs Sullivan, Miss Henshaw and Mrs Philpott, for now at least
~ Alys Clare
Though they don't always have to be set in fog, weather is incredibly important in ghost stories. As is suspense: you've got to turn the screw very, very slowly.
~ Susan Hill
I've always had a great affection for espionage stories. I like weaving them, and I like thrillers.
~ Terry Hayes
As soon as I got to L.A., there was this big crime where these guys tunnelled underneath a bank on a three-day weekend and went right up to the vault and emptied everything out.
~ Michael Connelly
For escape, I love popcorn thrillers that you can read in a weekend, like 'Sharp Objects' and 'The Woman in Cabin 10.'
~ Krysten Ritter
Crime stories are, as you know, one of the most popular forms of entertainment that exist. If you then try to have something to say... that I have, of course.
~ Stieg Larsson
I think that horror, in general, is fairly popular. It's definitely popular in film. There's just not a lot of good horror on TV, so whenever there is good horror on TV, people rush to it.
~ Oren Peli
What's so great about 'Gone Girl' is the conversations it provokes.
~ Rosamund Pike
When there's a decision and it was a close fight, you build up the drama. I announce the first two scores, and then I have a count in my head, right up to the point where everyone is on the edge of their seats thinking 'Come on!' and then I hit them with it.
~ Bruce Buffer
I'm a guy who likes to watch something cool, creepy and suspenseful and there is no show to watch as an adult that would scare me at for even four seconds.
~ Todd McFarlane
I like my murders to start at the beginning with the corpse and go on to the end with the conviction. But when you start in the middle with the confession—well, all I can say is, that it's all wrong!
~ Richard Hull
No. You open it." "You think I put a bomb in there? Maybe snakes? Maybe a snake bomb?
~ Richard Kadrey
There's no way they'll find us now," Ostin said. Just then my phone rang. Everyone turned to look at me as I answered. "Hello." "Get ready, Michael," the voice said. "The Elgen are here.
~ Richard Paul Evans
I'll let you sweat a while. You ain't gonna know when it's comin' or from where. You'll just be walking along or riding somewhere—and bing—that's it.
~ Richard S. Prather