Quotes About Suspense

THE REPTILE ROOM

Gregor was involved with something called Volatile Fungus Deportation.

I'm afraid the engine is quite dead," Mr. Poe called out. "And before long," Stephano muttered to the children, "you will be too." "I'm sorry," Mr. Poe said. "I couldn't hear you.

Dr. Fitch is dead, sir.

It begins with Miller the Killer turning his head to see me eating Bolognese from the sick bag. Only he thinks I'm eating…

The latest victim was the youngest yet:

We've got something," I said, starting down the stairs again. "We've got a killer at large in this goddamned building. As for Madison Tyler, we've got another dead end.

Something radically new, the producer tells me. Think Virginia Woolf with dead bodies and car chases.

The feeling was that just when things seemed all right, something bad was about to happen.

Third: Act first, explain later. Stamp this axiom on your writer's brain. Or put it on a note and tape it where you can see it. This advice never fails.

How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation.

Do you not want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.

This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately, to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in greater suspense than ever.

How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth; and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his for ever. Their

And be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his for ever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation.

Are you afraid of me? Uh... yes.' The smile stayed fixed in place. 'You should be. You locked me in a refrigerator truck with three dead people. Sooner or later I'm going to get you for it.

Ranger was grinning. Somebody beat the shit out of this guy before he got shot. That would be me.I said. Babe,Ranger said, the grin widening.

Diesel is back, Ranger said. Yes. How did you know? I woke up with a migraine this morning. Ranger said.

It's been almost a month since you found a body. I knew you were due. Carl Costanza - Seven Up

Oh good. I love being bait for a homicidal mutilator. Stephanie Plum

Diesel is back, Ranger said. Yes. How did you know? I woke uo with a migraine this morning, Ranger said.

The note wasn't signed, but I could tell it was from Morelli by the way my nipples got hard.

They were about ten yards away, coming up the starboard side, when the men suddenly dove off their boat. Nick looked over his shoulder and saw Kate standing behind him with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher resting on her shoulder. It may have been the sexiest thing he'd ever seen.

I was standing with my back to the door, and I saw Connie's eyes go wide. "Be still my heart," Lula said, looking past me, through the window to the sidewalk. I figured they were looking at either Johnny Depp or Ranger. My money was on Ranger.