Quotes About Intrigue

Mr. Dortmunder, this is too good a story to just jump in and tell the end." Dortmunder hated stories that were that good, but

Then why were you

Once again the historian who wishes to understand this difficult period must try to read between the lines. It

Look at this life - all mystery and magic.

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

There's something beautiful about keeping certain aspects of your life hidden. Maybe people and clouds are beautiful because you can't see everything.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

Her life is deep, but I still dig her

In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the world outside my Walkman.

What a haunting, inescapable riddle life was.

Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

I don't know that I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want some one who made it interesting.

Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.

People keep speculating about my personal life because I am evasive about it.

You know what I like about you, Finch? You're interesting. You're different. And I can talk to you. Don't let that go to your head." The

A door slammed next door. The serial killer looked up and over as a flurry of white fur pounded against the other side of the fence. "Don't start with me, you little runt, or you'll be next.

He must be the handsome man Stormy mentioned to me.

I never even thought about you before. Gen has always said that you are the best-looking boy in our grade, and I agreed, because sure, you are. But I still didn't see the allure of you. Plenty of people are good-looking. That doesn't make them interesting or intriguing or cool. Maybe that's why you kissed me. To do mind control on me, to make me see you that way. It worked. Your little trick worked. From then on, I saw you. Up close, your face wasn't so much handsome as beautiful.

There's just something about him girls like.

Ms. Davenport loves being in on student drama. She calls it having her finger on the pulse, but really, she's just a gossip. If you give her an opening, she'll burrow in for as much dirt as she can.

Conrad was the older one, by a year and a half. He was dark, dark, dark. Completely unattainable, unavailable. He had a smirky kind of mouth, and I always found myself staring at it. Smirky mouths make you want to kiss them, to smooth them out and kiss the smirkiness away. Or maybe not away… but you want to control it somehow. Make it yours. It was exactly what I wanted to do with Conrad. Make him mine.

When you start liking pain things start to get interesting.