Quotes About Intrigue

Define us as a sex. LORD ILLINGWORTH Sphinxes without secrets.

When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure. it is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.

There was blood on the painted feet, as though the thing had dripped--blood even on the hand that had not held the knife.

very essence of romance is uncertainty. 

It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Fancisco.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If I ever get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

And after that they had gone through many streets they came to a little door that was set in a wall that was covered with a pomegranate tree. And the old man touched the door with a ring of graved jaspar and it opened, and they went down five steps of brass into a garden filled with black poppies and green jars of burnt clay.

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us.

What would you say, Harry, if I told you that I had murdered Basil? said the younger man. He watched him intently after he had spoken.

Dorian Gray frowned and turned his head away. He could not help liking the tall, graceful young man who was standing by him. His romantic, olive-coloured face and worn expression interested him. There was something in his low languid voice that was absolutely fascinating. His cool, white, flowerlike hands, even, had a curious charm. They moved, as he spoke, like music, and seemed to have a language of their own. But he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of being afraid.

everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.

A coisa mais banal se torna deliciosa se a escondermos

The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If

LORD WINDERMERE: Well, that is no business of yours, is it, Cecil? CECIL GRAHAM: None! That is why it interests me. My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.

The secret seems to be the only way to become mysterious and wonderful modern life. The commonest thing gets a touch fascinating when done on the sly.

Read what is here. How could reading a letter harm you? There might even be something in it that pleases you. My secrets are carried, by these letters, over land and sea: even enemies read letters received from their enemies.

One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.

The first intimation I had that things were about to hot up was a pained and disapproving cough from the neighbourhood of the carpet.

It is not too much to say I was piqued to the tonsils.

We'll fling the door open and make a rush, said Bill. Supposing they shoot, old scout? Burglars never shoot, said Bill. Which was comforting provided the burglars knew it.

Woman is the unfathomable, incalculable mystery, the problem that we men can never hope to solve.

It's and odd thing, but however much an oficionado one may be of mysteries in book form, when they pop up in real life they seldom fail to give one the pip.

Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.

And then something truly bizarre happened. I could feel his touch through our eyes. I couldn't look away from him. The girl in front of him seemed to disappear, and all there was in the hallway was him and the sweet, beautiful smell of his blood.