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Quotes About Intrigue

I recall that you your hands were on her, but her eyes were on me,'' Cardan returns
~ Holly Black
She is beautiful but unnerving to look at
~ Holly Black
It was about this, wasn't it? He knew. They all knew." I think of Nicasia sitting at Locke's dining table, seeming for a moment to take me into her confidence. He ruins things. That's what he likes. To ruin things
~ Holly Black
So he proposed to you," I say. "While the royal family got butchered. That's so romantic.
~ Holly Black
Cardan, I hope your brother won't be angry. I'm afraid I may have set one of the guests on fire.
~ Holly Black
I poisoned you. Don't worry. It was a small dose. You'll live." "The cups of wine," he says. "But how did you know which one I would choose?" "I didn't," I tell him, thinking that he'll be at least a little pleased by the answer, despite himself. It is the kind of strategy he likes best. "I poisoned them both.
~ Holly Black
I am in a gown of deep forest green with crow feathers covering the shoulders and sleeves, while Cardan wears a doublet ornamented with bright beetle wings.
~ Holly Black
This is the real Coldtown. I'm the real Coldtown. You still want in?
~ Holly Black
He sent me to kill you" I whisper against his ear. A shiver goes through his body, and his hand goes to my waist, but instead of pushing me away, he pulls me into the bed with him, rolling my body across him onto the heavily embroidered coverlets.
~ Holly Black
Mais Paris est un véritable océan. Jetez-y la sonde, vous n'en connaîtrez jamais la profondeur. Parcourez-le, décrivez-le : quelque soin que vous mettiez à le parcourir, à le décrire ; quelques nombreux et intéressés que soient les explorateurs de cette mer, il s'y rencontrera toujours un lieu vierge, un antre inconnu, des fleurs, des perles, des monstres, quelque chose d'inouï, oublié par les plongeurs littéraires.
~ Honore de Balzac
for she was invaded by a kind of love which every girl has gone through —the love of the unknown, love in its vaguest form,
~ Honore de Balzac
Instead of inspiring the gallant attentions which other women seek, she made men dream,
~ Honore de Balzac
Enfin, hormis le nombre des personnages, en remplaçant le loto par le whist, et en supprimant les figures de monsieur et de madame Grandet, la sc?ne, par laquelle commence cette histoire, était ? peu pr?s la m?me que par le passé. La meute poursuivait toujours Eugénie et ses millions; mais la meute plus nombreuse aboyait mieux, et cernait sa proie avec ensemble.
~ Honore de Balzac
Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever.
~ Liane Moriarty
Not all mysteries are meant to be solved. Not all secrets are meant to be told.
~ Liane Moriarty
It was her only real secret, so it was a pity it wasn't juicier.
~ Liane Moriarty
I think I'm falling for a red herring here,
~ Liane Moriarty
Oh my Lord...she'd seduced her brother-in-law with butter.
~ Liane Moriarty
Cecilia left the letter sitting on the kitchen table and went
~ Liane Moriarty
I picked something with lots of sex, drugs and murder," Madeline had said, "so we have a lively discussion. Ideally there should be an argument." The
~ Liane Moriarty
It was all because of the Berlin Wall. If it weren't for the Berlin War, Cecilia would have never found the letter, and then she wouldn't be sitting here, at the kitchen table, willing herself not to rip it open.
~ Liane Moriarty
lavish, dark hair of hers over one shoulder to
~ Liane Moriarty
happened," said Pam. She pointed at the big house next door with
~ Liane Moriarty
Something about you now I can't quite figure out Everything she does is beautiful Everything she does is right Cause it's you and me and all of the people With nothing to do, nothing to lose And it's you and me and all of the people And I don't know why I can't keep my eyes off of you.
~ Unknown