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Quotes About Suspense

Hey hey Susan Day have you killed any kids today?
~ Stephen King
Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark.
~ Dean Koontz, Darkfall
Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.
~ Alfred Hitchcock
I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.
~ Lana Parrilla
And I love a scary movie. It makes your toes curl and it's not you going through it.
~ Anthony Hopkins
The slab rocked hard, stopped, then began rotating, very slowly. Barely making a full arc before continuing until it was perpendicular with the floor. It came to a halt, shaking the floor. I tried to move it; locked into place. Rectangular opening, four feet by two. Dark, but
~ Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman
~ Ruth Rendell
What are you saying? Multiple bad guys?" "I was actually wondering about one bad
~ Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman
~ something?" "It
Jonathan Kellerman
~ Chivas Blue
attacked the glass. A cracking sound made me jump back. The pane was intact, but I could swear I heard the glass hum. Robin behind me now. I tried again, and once more the monster lunged. Kept lunging.
~ Jonathan Kellerman
does Ms. Garcia hang
~ Jonathan Kellerman
I took a very careful hold of the metal door handle. No shocks and nothing exploded. I pulled gently and the door yielded, but I stayed on the balls of my feet. If I felt the tension of a wire or heard a click, I was going to set a new land speed record for a scared white guy in a hazmat suit.
~ Jonathan Maberry
Breathing hard between her teeth, she swung the torch around. Where was Albert? Lying on his back by the steps, with his legs wavering in the air. It was typical of him.
~ Jonathan Stroud
If looks could kill, Mira's assistant would be wanted for murder, thought Malone.
~ Erica Spindler
I never drink... wine.
~ Bela Lugosi
As I stepped onto the gloomy landing a word formed in my mind: two syllables, starts with a V and rhymes with dire. I froze in place. Nightingale said that everything was true, after a fashion, and that had to include vampires, didn't it? I doubted they were anything like they were in books and on TV, and one thing was for certain — they absolutely weren't going to sparkle in the sunlight.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Something round and dirty and white was resting near my foot. It was a skull. I picked it up. 'Is that you, Nicholas?' I asked. 'Put that down, Peter,' said Nightingale. 'You don't know where it's been.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Dr Walid walked me past the security at reception and introduced me to today's dead body.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Your ghost,' she said, 'Nicholas Nickleby. Do you think he might still be at the crime scene?' 'How should I know?' I said. 'I don't even believe in ghosts.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
I happened to know for a fact that the whole of Belgravia nick were running a pool on how long I would last and how I would go—the options being death, medical discharge (physical), medical discharge (psychological), indefinite disciplinary suspension, sacked for misconduct, secondment to Interpol and, with just one vote, ascension to a higher plane of existence. I suspected the last one was a bit unlikely.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
Brenda Ruttledge —dijo Quirke—. Una de las enfermeras.
~ Benjamin Black
Conor Carrington,
~ Benjamin Black
Q: What's the key to suspense? A: I'll tell you later.
~ Benjamin Percy