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Quotes About Intrigue

whirlwinds of light spinning in caverns deep below the ground, men who age backward, stones that speak, and shadows that creep. Rooms that are bigger on the inside than the outside.… Galbatorix is not the only power in the world to be reckoned with
~ Christopher Paolini
Master." For several minutes, no one spoke. Eragon tried to guess what the elf was thinking, but could glean no information from his masklike visage. Finally, Oromis stirred. "Were you, perchance, given a trinket of some kind in Tarnag, Eragon?
~ Christopher Paolini
with him. As Eragon closed the screen to the bedroom, he saw something in the corner that he had missed during his first inspection: a spiral staircase that wound up a dark wood chimney. Thrusting the lantern before him, he cautiously ascended, one
~ Christopher Paolini
Especially when you're around to cuckold the husband.
~ Christopher Paolini
A muffled whump emanated from the blade, and the sword rose a half inch out of its scabbard, as if pushed from beneath, and small tongues of flame leaped up from the mouth of the sheath, licking the underside of the hilt.
~ Christopher Paolini
another finger sign I'd never seen before
~ Christopher Paul Curtis
I don't think I'm going to be bored here
~ Christopher Pike
He had a nice house in the Norma Triangle section of West Hollywood and an ass that could stop a war.
~ Christopher Rice
The cat arrived with a bottle of Scotch.
~ Christopher S. Wren
I'd love to see what the women wear, then." "You wouldn't believe what your eyes were seeing – and don't ask me to describe it. I'd have to learn a whole new vocabulary first.
~ Trudi Canavan
That's who attacked us?" Balkan muttered. "She's barely more than a child." "A small package with a big surprise inside," Sarrin said dryly.
~ Trudi Canavan
Mööda koridori tõtates püüdis Rothen Vinara kutse põhjusele mitte mõelda. Peagi saab ta selle niigi teada.
~ Trudi Canavan
The Roseicrucians were everywhere, aided by the fact that they didn't exist.
~ Umberto Eco
The Templars' mental confusion makes them indecipherable. That's why so many people venerate them.
~ Umberto Eco
When a spy sells something entirely new, all he needs to do is recount something you could find in any second-hand book stall.
~ Umberto Eco
Ma gavte la nata.
~ Umberto Eco
Our cause is a secret within a secret, a secret that only another secret can explain; it is a secret about a secret that is veiled by a secret. —Jafar as-?diq, sixth Imam
~ Umberto Eco
There's the rub. The manifesto doesn't say; it leaves you with your mouth watering. But it was important; so important, it had to remain secret.
~ Umberto Eco
Aún no se ha escrito ningún libro donde el asesino sea el lector.
~ Umberto Eco
Cizvitler, dusmani sasirtmak icin en iyi yontemin gizli mezhepler yaratmak, tehlikeli heveslilerin bu mezheplere kosmalarini beklemek, sonra da tumunu tutuklamak oldugunu biliyorlardi. Baska bir deyisle, bir tuzaktan korkuyorsan, kendin kur tuzagi. Boylece tuzaga dusenler, senin denetimin altina girer.
~ Umberto Eco
Kas tai yra meil?? Nieko n?ra pasaulyje, nei žmogaus, nei velnio, nei kito dalyko, kuris man atrodyt? toks pat ?tartinas, kaip meil?, nes ji ?silaužia ? siel? giliau nei kas kitas, ir n?ra nieko kito, kas taip pripildyt? ir supan?iot? šird?, kaip meil?. Tod?l per meil? siela nugarma ? giliausius pragarus, nebent jei turi ginkl?, kuriais gali jai atsispirti.
~ Umberto Eco
That was when I saw the Pendulum.
~ Umberto Eco
There are secrets that kill. But
~ Umberto Eco
Palladism. Then I came to Paris. Maybe they wanted to
~ Umberto Eco