Quotes About Intrigue

When he first stepped out of the car and walked towards the door where I stood waiting, I saw a man I liked. In his writing he is flamboyant, virile, animal, magnificent. He's a man whom life makes drunk, I thought. He is like me.

People feel that in her, the nonhuman. People are afraid of her. Something in her inspires a nonhuman attachment. Sur elle, the human feelings seem to slip, they glisser—

She wanted to be courted with mysterious language.

Su papel en la vida la tiene absorbida. Sé muy bien por qué: su belleza le acarrea dramas y acontecimientos. Las ideas significan poco. Vi en ella una caricatura de personaje teatral y dramático. Disfraz, actitudes, forma de hablar. Es una actriz soberbia. Sólo eso. No he podido llegar a su interior.

You like feeling lost. You enjoy being baffled. It gives you a false sense of mental energy, activity.

Cabello rubio, tez pálida, demoníacas cejas angulares, una sonrisa cruel con un hoyuelo cautivador. Pérfida, infinitamente deseable, me atraía hacia ella como hacia la muerte.

I find these nobodies so much more interesting than the celebrated people. Why is that?

I was still filled as before with an evil curiosity. There was a mystery about the existence of each one of them. I always felt that a part of their lives was concealed. What did they do when I was not there? I refused to believe that they had not better ways of amusing themselves. And I credited each of them with a secret which I pertinaciously tried to discover.

Don't you read mystery novels?" "Not very often. Anyway, what does that mean, 'mystery novel'? What is a 'detective novel'?

Nicole"—Trenton turned to

007 n. the fictional British secret agent James Bond, or someone based on, inspired by, or reminiscent of him.

he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information

Like why Lena always thought of Ritz crackers when she shaved her legs. Who knew why? And did it even matter?

Anna opened her eyes and saw a pair of hands, streaked and shiny with blood. No face.

What an interesting place, Richard

took the inchworm off my shoulder and put it on Sally's pillow to see how she'd react.

Oh, goody! The doorbell.

was reminded of a story about the contentious talks during the nineteenth-century Congress of Vienna. After the Austrian diplomat Metternich was awakened with news that an ambassador he had been sparring with had died in the night, Metternich reportedly asked, "What can have been his motive?

While we try to find out what happened to her, there's something you should keep in mind." Jess arched a brow. "Oh?" "If Hayes Bannock has your wife, you probably top his shit list. Be afraid.

Lauren whirled her head around so quickly that the motion hurt her neck. Jared's hand came up and clamped the hat more firmly over his face. He adjusted his long body to another position, contracting and relaxing muscles that Lauren didn't know existed. But then, she had never seen a masculine physique like this before. His languid movements were repelling and thrilling at the same time. It was like watching some pagan god who was beautiful even in his decadence.

Dispensing with the frivolity, he kissed her meaningfully. When at last he pulled away, her troubled expression alarmed him. What? Be careful, Hammond. No one will know I was here. She shook her head. Not that. Then what? You may have to put me on trial for my life. Please be careful that you don't make me fall in love with you first.

Sandra Brown

Dean Malloy eased himself off the bed. Groping in darkness, he located his underwear on the floor and took it with him into the bathroom. As quietly as he could, he closed the door before switching on the light

of the window, while another occupied