Suspense Quotes

A selection of quotes from The Night of Harrison Monk’s Death (Jane Hetherington's Adventures in Detection: 1)Is this one of the more unusual cases of safe-breaking you've been asked to investigate, Mrs Hetherington?Remember your private detective wants to be able to sleep soundly at night and in their own bed, not one supplied as her Majesty's pleasure.It seems to be an open and shut case doesn't it? But it's not you know? How do you know if anything is what it seems?But where is Cheung kin?When I first set eyes on your father, he was spying on a man from between two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.I don't think I need say more. On the contrary, if you want me to have any idea what you're talking about, I think you do.Why don't you report it to the police? Because I stole it in the first place didn't I?It's something of a mystery, I admit.Vanished into thin air!You sound so sensible Mrs Hetherington. Please help us get to the bottom of this.Ah, thought Jane – the old story.No body was found?Shall I put the kettle on? Only if you fill it with whiskey.The course of true love didn't run smoothly for me either, you know.Life has its tragedies for sure.… What do I want? I want money that's what I want. I want money.She was even more horrified by the words she heard next.Callum MacCallum knew what it was like to be an outsider.

~ Nina Jon

They had pulled me from the hemorrhaging, dying body of my mother and turned me over to the care of the man who was not my father. He had taken me home to their tiny apartment above the old hardware store and done what little he knew to take care of me. It took less than six weeks for him to realize his mistake. Maybe even less than six hours, but he never abandoned me. He clung to me as though I was the last remnant of some great and powerful love. And that gave me hope that maybe my mother was really something else and not just some girl who got knocked up by a guy whose name she didn’t even know. She was something special, someone worthy of a man’s loyalty and devotion.--Rocky Evans

~ Gwenn Wright

She says it is a school for bluestockings which, according to her, is really only a fashionable way of saying it is a school for ugly girls who cannot find suitable husbands. To tease her, for I believe it is one of his greatest pleasures in this life, my father bought a pair of blue silk stockings for me the day we received my letter of acceptance. That evening and the next, father and I dined alone.

~ Gwenn Wright

Oil and Water, Daddy calls us. At four years younger than me, Katie is only fourteen and she already has half the boys in town eating from her pretty little hand. She tells me I am too tall and too wicked looking to capture the heart of any sensible young man.

~ Gwenn Wright

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him.

~ Gwenn Wright

Show yourself to the darkness, they said, and then you will see your face. --Nero SlyvenskiALL LIGHT WILL FALL

~ Almney King

Red glowing eyes... No one could see her. No one could hear her. No one was coming to save her. Because Death had come sooner than expected.

~ Humairaa Anseline

I can also speak to small woodland creatures,” he grins at me.

~ Gwenn Wright

But she had slept, she was positive. She knew it because of the dreams. Despite the comfort of her bed she had tossed and turned all night, her sleep punctured by images and disjointed flashes of battle. She thought she had also dreamt of a handsome stranger with dark hair and a charming smile. Upon waking, however, the unknown man’s features were indistinct in her memory.

~ Katie Lynn Johnson

An elegant sari was draped across her figure; magnificent, painstakingly embroidered, and in a shade of deep red, it was even more lavish than the gowns she had worn every day since arriving at the castle. Her lips and eyes were painted, and though she looked beautiful she had never been more miserable.

~ Katie Lynn Johnson

Everything changes except human behavior and its consequences.

~ Stephanie M. Sellers

If God gave Abraham a ram to prevent his slaying Isaac, He might stick a donkey in the bush for me to ride up this infernal mountainside.”~ Grace Madison, PhD.

~ N.l.b. Horton

I am an archaeologist of mature vintage. Rapid descents are not my specialty. I am the plodding type.~ Grace Madison, PhD.

~ N.l.b. Horton

Dark alleys, like social networks, are romantic, because you never know what might happen while I perform there every Caturday night. Cats do know, but won't tell. So don’t even ask.

~ Will Advise

Never give up, Never surrender!!!!!If you think you can't, then you must, if you must, then you can..Tony Robbins

~ Paula V. Hardin

We are going to hell together. But we're coming back alive. Don't forget that.

~ Atsuko Asano

Keep a spur handy.

~ Meg Mims

Yes, I could stop writing... But only after I shoot myself.

~ David Lucero

Something can be very funny and then suddenly very terrifying-very exciting, and suddenly very ridiculous. I think that’s what life is like, that’s what interests me.

~ Joss Whedon

Loved life is full of suspence,adventures where excitement dance

~ Kishore Bansal

He held her forever. Ashy flickers swam in his eyes, shadows of temptation drawing her into infinite depths. A breath away from his tantalising mouth, she parted her lips. The thudding of her pulse hurt. The knocking of her heart brushed her soul. She sank into him.

~ Chris Lange

My lord, I’d rather be alone.” His smile vanished. Not a single muscle in his body bulged, but the color of his eyes turned to dark ashes.“And I’d rather not.

~ Chris Lange

Oh, here we go, firing questions right and left. I sort of missed that part. [Mina's most endearing trait?]

~ Maria Grazia Swan

Shining with craving, his emerald gaze penetrated her soul. I desire you so much. His whisper melted her heart. His soft touch set her ablaze.

~ Chris Lange

So tall and lithe in his suede and leather outfit. So utterly gorgeous it almost ached to look at him.

~ Chris Lange

They were being poisoned.

~ M.l. Legette

Never confuse lust for anything other than what it is. There isn't a man alive that wouldn't gladly take what you are so willing to offer.Any but you, apparently. -Eric to Camile, Pawn of Innocence

~ Chameleon

So much better for you to long for what you can never have, than to get it and have to face the reality of it. I assure you, when you realize the reality of this situation, there wont be a hole deep enough for you to climb into to hide the mortification you're going to feel. - Eric to Camile in Pawn of Innocence.

~ Chameleon

Her name was Mora ... and she was waiting.

~ M.l. Legette

It's been six months since I took a bite of that shiny, forbidden apple, and I've never been the same.

~ Kristen Luciani

There were reasons she stayed behind her barriers, reasons she was the way she was. And she'd be damned if she risked it all for a scowling man behind a beard. She'd learned the hard way once before. Never again, she promised herself. Never again.

~ Carrie Ann Ryan

This woman could make a saint sin.

~ Carrie Ann Ryan

He's lost everything once, and now, he wasn't sure if he had anything left to lose.

~ Carrie Ann Ryan

He wrapped her hair around his fist, tilted her head back, and kissed her. Hard. She moaned into him, and he pulled away. Possessive much? she asked on a laugh. Just making sure these hooligans know you're mine. Her brow rose. Really? Yours? Talk about caveman. I'm a Gallagher, baby, I'm as caveman as they come.

~ Carrie Ann Ryan

When the pieces fell around him, he'd pick them up. It was what he was good at, after all. Restoring what was once lost, what could never be perfectly whole again.

~ Carrie Ann Ryan

There's no question how strong you are. Gabe rested his fingers on her shoulders and pressed into the tight muscles. She didn't push him away. But being strong doesn't mean you have to be alone.

~ Kishan Paul

She unzipped her oversized flannel onesie, created especially for women not interested in finding a man, and tossed it on the bed.

~ Kishan Paul

Why do you even want to be involved with me? she asked. I'm a complete mess. I don't have my head on straight. I'm a master at fucking up everything that's good in my life.But you're my mess. Cole said quietly. I don't need you to be perfect. I just need you to be you because that's who I care about.

~ Maya Banks

You don't understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren't living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn't want it. Death wasn't the enemy. It was our salvation.

~ Maya Banks

You make velocity look good.

~ Melissa Cutler