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Quotes About Mystery

Hajj Khaled looked up at the sky. He reached out for his yellow keffiyeh and wrapped it around his neck. He placed his coat in Hamama's saddlebag. He looked at his two companions, and in his olive-green eyes they saw a mysterious gleam. He smiled.
~ Ibrahim Nasrallah
Do you have spies in Clan Heavy?" "I have spies everywhere." I looked at Andrea, who was hoarding bacon on her plate. "She had tea with Mahon's wife." Andrea said. Aunt B looked at her. "You and I need to work on your air of mystery.
~ Ilona Andrews
You're the most experienced investigator I've got who's not tied up in something, and I can't ask the Consort to look look into it, because A) she and Curran are working on something else and B) when the Consort gets involved, half of the world blows up.
~ Ilona Andrews
Where is Barbie? The female shifter snickered and choked it off. Is there a stripper pole?
~ Ilona Andrews
Rene, you want us to find you-don't-know-who and to retrieve his you-don't-know-what for you-won't-tell-me-whom?
~ Ilona Andrews
It's never a good thing when the black volhv says "Uh-oh" and then runs for his life.
~ Ilona Andrews
Some men got excited by white lace and a translucent negligee. My love muffin got excited by a woman dressed to murder. There was probably something deeply twisted about that. Lucky for me, negligees were never my thing.
~ Ilona Andrews
Who is Hunter Becker? Becker the Gory? Lighthouse Keepers? Boston? I would've preferred Becker the Easiley Surrendering or Becker the Quite Reasonable, but beyond that his name tells me nothing.
~ Ilona Andrews
You don't return your phone calls." The vampire leaned forward, tapping my doodle with a scimitar claw. "Is that a lion with horns and a pitchfork?" "Yep." "Is he carrying the moon on his pitchfork?" "No, it's a pie. What can I do for Atlanta's premier Master of the Dead?
~ Ilona Andrews
You think he's got 'government badass' tattooed on his chest? I murmured. A faint grimace skewed Luther's mouth. And 'I'd tell you but I'd have to kill you' on his ass.
~ Ilona Andrews
Magic could not be measured and explained in scientific terms, for magic grew through destroying the very natural principles that made science as people knew it impossible.
~ Ilona Andrews
Kate leaned back against her chair. Where is the bane of my existence? In the shower, freshening up. Oh, God, who did Asciano screw now? No, no, he's covered in blood. Oh good. She sighed and stopped. The kid is covered in blood and we're relieved. There is something wrong with us.
~ Ilona Andrews
She eats grass. Don't ask.
~ Ilona Andrews
The Beast Lord walked out of the warehouse. The screen went dark. My knight in furry armor. Saiman opened his mouth. This is why I didn't. Personally, I think your smile is inappropriate.
~ Ilona Andrews
Bran grabbed my hand,pulled me to a chest, and swung the heavy lid open. A white cloth covered the contents. He jerked it aside. Human heads filled the chest. Oh God. He scooped a mummified head from the chest by a scalp lock and thrust it at me. All of them are mine. This was officially the weirdest version of come down to my place and I'll show you some etchings I've ever been hit with.
~ Ilona Andrews
Something isn't right with you and this property. Strange things happen around it. I don't know what is going on, but I will find out. You could make it easier on yourself by coming clean." "Sure. This is a magic bed-and-breakfast and the two guys in my kitchen are aliens from outerspace.
~ Ilona Andrews
As one, the shapechangers turned and looked at me. I wondered what they'd do if I asked to borrow a cup of sugar.
~ Ilona Andrews
Syphilis. Lots and lots of magically delicious Syphilis.
~ Ilona Andrews
I'm investigating people who sacrifice trained killers to dark gods. Perfect, it will keep him occupied. In what capacity? Bait.
~ Ilona Andrews
Maybe if I prayed to Miss Marple, she'd hook me up with a clue
~ Ilona Andrews
If you put a door marked Authorized Personnel ONLY and me in the same building, sooner or later I'll try to jimmy its lock to discover what's so special about it.
~ Ilona Andrews
I took the jacket off, changed my T-shirt for a dark gray tank top, slipped on the tangle of the back sheath, and put the jacket on again. Thugs are us. Great. Just add a super-tight ponytail and loads of mascara, and I'd be ripe to play a supervillain's evil mistress. Ve haf vays of making you gif us your DNA sample.
~ Ilona Andrews
Who are you, what are you doing here, who is Hood, why does he want Julie, and where is Julie's mother? Is that all! He wiped the red smudge off his lip with the back of his hand. Yes. No. Why is the cauldron important, where did it go, how is Morrigan involved, where do you go when you disappear, and why do you keep stealing the maps? Okay, now that's everything.
~ Ilona Andrews
Kate& Derek "No, Kate, you don't understand. He vanished. He was there one moment and then he was gone." I couldn't resist. "Like a ninja. In a puff of smoke.
~ Ilona Andrews