Quotes About Intrigue

On what he thinks about all day "Women. They are a complete mystery.

Finally, he said, "Anything. He was capable of anything. The truth is, even though they had his name on a plaque on the wall at Langley, Frenchy sold me to the Russians in 1974, when I was in Kurdistan. There were unpleasant consequences. He had no conscience. He was a great man who was capable of great evil, not that uncommon a combination. Whatever you think he did, he probably did. And worse.

The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn't very interesting.

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers knocking on my door. I wanna go out, don't know if I can 'cuz I'm so afraid of the tommyknocker man.

The world, although well-lighted with fluorescents and incandescent bulbs and neon, is still full of odd dark corners and unsettling nooks and crannies.

Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.

I know I can do it, Todd Downey said, helping himself to another ear of corn from the steaming bowl. I'm sure that in time her death will be a mystery, even to me.

I suppose it doesn't matter much. A lot of things don't matter, but it doesn't keep a man from wondering about them, I've noticed.

She is a cat with a burning tail, an ant under a microscope, a fly about to lose its wings to the curious plucking fingers of a third-grader on a rainy day, a game for bored children with no bodies and the whole universe at their feet.

You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.

I believe that there is another man inside of every man, a stranger, a Conniving Man.

A successful novel should interrupt the reader's life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.

I've been sleepwalking again, my dear. / The plants are moving under the rug.

Hey hey Susan Day have you killed any kids today?

Or perhaps it was the voice of the Darker Girl.

nothing is interesting if you are not interested.

Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark.

There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story.

Secrets are a part of life. Their mysteries make our world beautiful. Their depths inspire our hearts, intrigue our minds, and embrace our very souls.

I'm sin, but I'm not the devil.

Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see - not to eat, not for love, but only gliding.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

Why is love easy? I don't know. And the raccoons don't say.

A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.