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Quotes About Intrigue

I mean, this man was not /Voltaire/ we killed.
~ Donna Tartt
A character like his disintegrates under analysis. It can only be defined by the anecdote, the chance encounter or the sentence overheard.
~ Donna Tartt
I was fascinated by strangers, wanted to know what food they ate and what dishes they ate it from, what movies they watched and what music they listened to, wanted to look under their beds and in their secret drawers and night tables and inside the pockets of their coats. Often I saw interesting-looking people on the street and thought about them restlessly for days, imagining their lives, making up stories about them on the subway or the crosstown bus.
~ Donna Tartt
The world is much stranger than we know or can say.
~ Donna Tartt
The devil approached the citadel of his heart by stealth, with many zigzags and parallels.
~ Unknown
been following turned his black Cadillac
~ J.A. Konrath
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~ J.A. Konrath
I want to see you again." He stopped, took her face in his hands. "I need to see you again." Her pulse jumped, as if it had nothing to do with the rest of her. "Roarke, what's going on here?" "Lieutenant." He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. "indications are we're having a romance.
~ J.D. Robb
It is wonderful how much you can conceal between the touch of the handle and the opening of the door if your heart is in it.
~ J.M. Barrie
Tem mais um defunto morto aqui!
~ Unknown
I have no idea. He just keeps popping up, so I keep having sex with him
~ Jaci Burton
This is a novel of asymmetric warfare.
~ Unknown
What lay ahead in the blackness? One man? Two? A squad of heavily armed terrorists? Had they already mixed the binary components of the Novichok? Were thousands of Ukrainians already dead and dying from the deadly compound? Reece pressed on.
~ Unknown
Someone—or ones—was in the house; my gut told me they were my faithless husband and his illicit lover. A ribbon of smoke curled from the chimney. My plan was going to work!
~ Unknown
When you reach round a dark corner to switch on a light, be careful. Slenderman will often run his finger over the back of your hand. This is the first signal of his interest in you.
~ Jack Goldstein
The wife of Emperor Claudius once got into an argument with a local prostitute as to who could get the most clients in a single night. She donned a wig and toga and went out to walk the streets. When the emperor found out he had her executed!
~ Jack Goldstein
Voynich Manuscript
~ Jack Goldstein
The symbologist made a cryptic sign. "That remains to be seen, as the cat said who voided into the sugar bowl.
~ Jack Vance
Wake up, old man. He plans more than a cheat. He plans a hit. I know. I can read it in his eyes.
~ Jackie Collins
Jackie Collins
~ Unknown
The picture became clear. One of Dario's pickups had turned on him. "I know someone," Costa said slowly. "You just stay put.
~ Jackie Collins
He belonged lock, stock, and cock to that fucking Duke bitch.
~ Jackie Collins
THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. 1676-1684
~ Jacob Abbott
the inside of her closet doorjamb until she found the secret
~ Unknown