Quotes About Intrigue

The French seized his arms and put a blade to his throat, calling to Eroica, "Geben Sie oben

high magic: magic that came only when you made some larger version of yourself with words and promises, and then stepped inside and somehow grew to fill it.

The spell towed me along with them, and I was glad to lose myself inside it. All the horrors of the day didn't vanish, but the Summoning made them only one part of the story, and not the most important part.

In small towns, news travels at the speed of boredom.

May I offer you something? A small glass of cyanide?

Some things have to be seen in the shadows

Y cómo me ves tú a mí? —Como un misterio. —Ese es el cumplido más raro que me han hecho nunca. —No es un cumplido. Es una amenaza. —¿Y eso? —Los misterios hay que resolverlos, averiguar qué esconden. —A lo mejor te decepcionas al ver lo que hay dentro. —A lo mejor me sorprendo. Y tú también.

Do you like mysteries?" I nodded. I think if she'd asked me whether I liked arsenic or cyanide on toast I would have given her the same answer. "Are

Hay cosas que sólo pueden verse entre tinieblas —insinuó mi padre blandiendo una sonrisa enigmática

Esta ciudad es bruja, sabe Usted, Daniel? Se le mete a uno en la piel y le roba el alma sin que uno se dé ni cuenta.

And how do you see me?" "Like a mystery." "That's the strangest compliment anyone has ever paid me." "It's not a compliment. It's a threat." "What do you mean?" "Mysteries must be solved, one must find out what they hide." "You might be disappointed when you see what's inside." "I might be surprised. And you, too.

Esta ciudad es bruja, se le mete a uno en la piel y le roba el alma sin que uno se dé ni cuenta

Las últimas horas habían transcurrido en otro mundo, un universo de roces, de miradas que no entendía y que se comían la razón y la vergüenza. Ahora, de regreso a aquella realidad que siempre acechaba en las sombras del ensanche, el embrujo se desprendía y apenas me quedaba el deseo doloroso y una inquietud que no tenía nombre.

En las manos equivocadas, éste podría ser un instrumento para el mal." Edmond lo examinó fascinado e intrigado. "Es una gota de sangre del último dragón," murmuró el emperador. "El secreto de la inmortalidad.

She said that someone had been following her and she was afraid it was the man called Coubert, who was trying to get hold of the books to destroy them.

after the classics what he most enjoyed were tales of crime, boudoir intrigue, and questionable conduct.

The first person I heard mention Carax was Toni Cabestany

recognized Coubert, the faceless man, immediately. His steely look, his shining eyes with no eyelids; his smile as he licked his nonexistent lips in the dark.

I want you to make me believe.

Fumul albastru al È›ig?rii îi înv?luia chipul. Buzele îi str?luceau stacojii, umede, sângerând urme pe filtrul pe care-l È›inea între ar?t?tor ÅŸi inelar.

Señorias hace much is años que no he visto a ninguna, perro si de refiere usted a mi humilde persona, bastará con decirle que soy el director de esta casa y que uno de mis pasatiempos predilectos es ponder a pardillos e intrusos de patitas en la calle.

Señorías hace muchos años que no he visto a ninguna, pero si se refiere usted a mi humilde persona, bastará con decirle que soy el director de esta casa y que uno de mis pasatiempos predilectos es ponder a pardillos e intrusos de patitas en la calle.

could try to tell you the story, but it would be like describing a cathedral by saying it's a pile of stones ending in a spire.

You don't know my niece Clara, do you?" asked Barceló.