Quotes About Intrigue

uncomfortable as I felt around him, and as much as he repulsed me, it was impossible not to be simultaneously fascinated by him, for his was a consistently intoxicating presence. Whenever I saw him, I found myself in a state of near paralysis. In this, I was not alone. Everyone hated him, but no one could keep their eyes off him.

and that person might be Nickie Haflinger!

Thirty-nine steps)' was the phrase; and at its last time of use it ran—'(Thirty-nine steps, I counted them—high tide 10.17 p.m.)'. I could make nothing of that.

Lossberg's coat-tails.

Will the reader turn the page?

What will motivate them to turn the page?

And he recognized that he was separated only by a pane of glass from a life that was as strange to him as life on the moon.

It is unfortunate that they cannot witness the sight of a fresh cow femur sliced in half by a single stroke of a sharp replica sword.

There was something about the man's abject humility that excited him in a way he could not have explained.

Talking about me behind my back? That means my life is obviously interesting than yours.

I hate backstabbing drama starting bi...es.

We all have that one friend with the hot sister everyone wants to get with.

You're like a Password. Hard to figure out, but I always want to keep trying.

Death stalked toward us on padded feet. And it was not alone.

I should have known he'd be trouble as soon as he walked into my workshop, but I couldn't have known he'd be the death of me.

(A murderer about their victim:)"He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed the real thing.

You can't say it wasn't interesting.

No one knew what she was doing in Colonia Hidalgo, although it was most likely, according to the police, that she'd been taking a walk and had come upon death purely by chance.

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.

Love enjoys knowing everything about you; desire needs mystery.

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

Challenge, and not desire, lies at the heart of seduction.

What's your name? Or is that taboo?--Cinnamon, Hot, Deadly Desire

There are stranger things here than Thebans know about.