Quotes About Intrigue

Wildly, I pursued the shadow of her infidelity; but the scent I traveled upon was so slight as to be practically undistinguishable from a mad-man's fancy.

A bowling ball rolled through his head, diagonally from nape to temple; it paused and started back

Cincinnatus, after passing many other doors, stumbled, hopped, and found himself in a small courtyard, filled with various parts of the dismantled moon.

Say, wouldn't Mother be absolutely mad if she found out we were lovers

Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita, Lolita. Repeat till the page is full, printer.

Her painted eyelids were closed. A tear of no particular meaning gemmed the hard top of her cheek. Nobody could tell what went on in that little head. Waves of desire rippled there. — Vladimir Nabokov, The Original of Laura (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008)

Youth and skill will win out every time over age and treachery. True or false? False. Even the best and brightest are regularly eaten alive by politics, intrigue, and plotting.

He was the ghost you never saw coming, death breathing down your neck before you even realized you were in the crosshairs.

She wanted to get to know them: Savage and his easy charm and gorgeous smile. Jehan, with his intriguing past and enigmatic personality.

She shoved to her feet. "What the hell is that scroll? Some sort of Aegis romance novel? Underworld erotica? Screw you all.

said, his voice thick with anger, "I'm going to get into her

Razr, on the other hand... She wasn't sure what to think about him. He was smoking hot, for sure. She'd always been a sucker for dark hair and dark eyes, and she'd bet her life-stone that beneath his exquisitely tailored suit was the body of an athlete. He probably had amazing wings, too.

I wasn't sure if I liked him or not, but he sure had me interested in finding out.

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.

Apesto a dragón. - Es parte de tu encanto.

Escucha, el chico renegado ha entrado en el castillo. Va disfrazado de szish. No me digas

Es lo que suele suceder con las personas y con los objetos más asombrosos -se dijo-. Nunca lo parecen a simple vista.

Sempre hi ha alguna cosa bonica i fascinant en l'horror més pur.

en cuando a ella…, bueno, ni siquiera se presentó —añadió en voz baja. —¡E hizo muy bien! —estalló la princesa entonces—. No la queremos aquí.

She was linked to these deaths, whether she wanted to be or not, and she might be the only one who could connect the dots.

She had thought Raymond handsome. But the Raven was something beyond handsome. Beyond gallant manners and teasing glances. He was like the old, old stories, like the unknown man who waited on a darkened hill, the mist around him, hand outstretched ... In the stories, if a woman went to him... she did not return. But she wanted to go ... She wanted.

One with a cubicle and a desk that snags your panty hose and endless memos about the right way to dispose of recyclables. And lots and lots of petty intrigue and small-minded politics, all intended to distract you from the fact that you're getting two percent raises from a company that's returning twenty percent to its stockholders. That's a real grown-up's job.

The Silent Woman.