Quotes About Intrigue

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it.

Pulchritude--beauty where you would least suspect it, hidden in a word that looked like it should signify a belch or a skin infection.

I am interested in beauty when it has something special and mysterious.

The sight of him did something to me I've never quite been able to explain. He was more than tremendous speed and beauty of motion. He set me dreaming.

Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger.

Her beauty climbed the rolling slope, it came into the room, rustling ghost-like through the curtains.

The best way to begin is to say: 'Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at the paintings'.

The first thing we see about a short story is its mystery. And in the best short stories, we return at the last to see mystery again

Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!

The world is full of bullshitters, Liars, and triers and quitters, Coulda-beens, wannabe's, thought-I-was, isn't-I-is's... And everybody in your business.

I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business--the most talented espionage novelist of our generation.

In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing.

Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?

A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.

Most people get excited over new cars; I get excited over death certificates. It's no wonder my husband worries about my state of mind.

Open the doors, the Russians say, here comes trouble. On

what think you of that, Nick, since you allwaies have your Head stuck in old Books? And I said nothing, for who can speak of the Mazes of the Serpent to those who are not lost in them?

About her husband, i did actually enquire, but she held her private life so fucking tightly, like a tourist clutching a handbag on the A train,..

In the course of these pages, I have called the idea of the mysterious woman a cliché, and so it was. But, like other clichés, it has a certain psychological reality.

Professor Bhegad gasped. "Massa treachery . . . Torquin's driving . . . not sure which is worse.

Honestly, I think that girl reads minds as a hobby.

They were actually going to keep all four of us together. Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Traitor.

The Slimeballs Whose Names Should Not Be Mentioned but I'll Do It Anyway. The Massa.