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Quotes About Suspense

Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
~ Robert Jordan
in a flat voice that did not bode well for either man.
~ Robert Jordan
He could almost hear the growling chuckles stifled in their throats while they waited for him.
~ Robert Jordan
It was the room where they
~ Robert Jordan
without preamble.
~ Robert Ludlum
Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still.
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
Death, jewelry, or magic; it sounded like Valentine's Day.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
One serial killer sends me a human head in a box, and I get all spooked; Go figure.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
You smell of other peoples blood, ma petite. It was no one you know. -Jean Claude and Anita
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I struggled to sit up, feeling stiff, but rested. "Where?" "Ted's house." I sat up straighter. Ted's house? Edward's house. I was finally going to get to see where Edward lived. I was going to snoop and strip some of his mystery away. If I didn't get killed, finding out Edward's secrets would make the entire trip worthwhile. If I did get killed, I'd come back and haunt Edward, see if I could make him see ghosts after all.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I was slipping out of the shoulder holster when I felt it. The air currents had moved, as if something had moved through them. Just like that I knew I wasn't alone.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
If I was on the right track, I'd attract attention soon. Which meant someone might try to kill me. Wouldn't that be fun? I
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
I glanced back at the door; I don't know why. Jean-Claude stood utterly still, no sense of anything, as if he were not there at all. Then he moved, one pale hand raised to his lips. He blew me a kiss across the room. The night's entertainment had begun.
~ Laurell K. Hamilton
Bert's dog smelled nature or history and began to tremble.
~ Laurence Shames
Laurie R. King
~ AND DEAD SEA
Pirate King, chapter 9
~ Laurie R. King
Lady Molly, perhaps?
~ Laurie R. King
Or we skip all that and just show him getting out a taxi in front of the Hotel Northwestern.
~ Lawrence Block
Quatermain (while climbing down): We are above an abyss such as satan's own, Miss Murray.Pray not to look down. Mina: And you, Sir, should not look up.You have me at a disadvantage and I trust you'll not misuse our situation.
~ Alan Moore
And then the reached into their robes and pulled out sub-machine guns
~ Derek Landy
Martin Flanery,
~ Derek Landy
But how do we get the last Faceless One to go back through?" "We're going to let it chase us." "Us?" "Well, I say 'us'. I mean you." "Terrific," Valkyrie muttered.
~ Derek Landy
Even though its dark sometimes or its scary for the people involved, ultimately I always make sure theyre exhilarated by it. Its genuinely a real pleasure to take people to that place.
~ Derren Victor Brown
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN while the dead slept.
~ DiAnn Mills