Neely McIntire,” I said, clamping a sweaty hand behind her neck. “Friendship be damned!”Hayden yanked me forward. I had time to make a very girly sound before his lips began to move furiously over mine....

I guess you’re going for the hard-ass Texas Ranger thing today” ~ Laney Briggs

Michelle: The dreaded elf walked into the dining room seconds after I sat down. What business of his was it if I didn’t have a clan? It wasn’t often I regretted my upbringing but being...

[Her] idea of a fair trade–her lentils for your caviar.

Por que en las epocas oscurasse escribe con tinta invisible?Why in the darkest agesdo they write with invisible ink?

It is a Siren’s burden,” she whispered, “So much strength, so much pain. You will feel the weight of humanity on your shoulders, though you are only partly human yourself. Soon you will not have...

I want to know the age. The sex. Most of all, the fingerprints. I’d like to identify who it is. After he had agreed, and I had left the office, walking to calm myself, I...

You know, there’s that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound – well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Even in death, her mother was winning.

Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –

A wise man does not always admit to everything he knows. And sometimes an overly-credulous friend can be a source of mild amusement.”~Sherlock Holmes

I agree about Shaw – he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.

Kit [Carson Kitteridge] watched me for a few moments before saying, “That was some impressive killing you did. Naked too.””I hope I didn’t embarrass Office Palmer.””She said that after all she heard about you she...

Rosy waited as long as she dared then sat forward and let her eye rove Franny’s lounge, up and down the shelves, looking for something, not even sure she could bring herself to act if...

When I write to please everybody, it falls flat. When I write what I know, fearlessly, It won’t please everybody, but it doesn’t fall flat.

Either you’re going to shoot us or you’re not. The ball always lands on red or black, never both.

This investigation felt difficult, like driving in fog.

It is impossible to see how good work might be accomplished by people who think that our life in this world either signifies nothing or has only a negative significance.If, on the other hand, we...

maybes”.’ ‘Maybe,’ I said. ‘But if what I’m saying is correct …

I had a feeling that Harvey wore his shotgun around the house like a pair of holey underwear.

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

I used to feel sorry for myself, then I discovered cocktails. If life has taught me anything, it’s that there’s nothing a stiff drink can’t fix.

Virginia screamed, grabbing for the door handle and nearly throwing herself from the moving car. James swerved to the side of the road, slamming on the brakes before she killed herself trying to escape. As...

The costumes help. They make it less real, disguise what it really is both for the actors and for the people who’ll see it on the screen. It’s like the people who read Anna Karenina,...

Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.

When I think of existence, I cannot help but wonder, “What is life, anyway?” Where do I fit in the grand scheme of life? What is the point of it, anyway? Is this a test—and...

One thing, however, did become clear to him—why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they were almost hateful and boring to him, in spite of a certain undeniable...

The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened...

Except for a roll of Harding’s eyes, everyone ignored me, which is the way I liked it when I had to hang around with senior officers. They had a way of thinking up ideas that...

what are you thinking, Amy? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we ddone to each other? What will we do?

Always remember, there’s no such thing as luck, nothing happens by chance, and all is by divine intervention. You’re like a magnet, wherever you go, the people you have relationships with and those that are...

I’ve never been adamant about joining Twitter; I have nothing against it; I’m not one of those people who hates Twitter. I think it’s great for what it is, but right now – I don’t...

The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she and her family were murdered.

Life was a revolving mystery, sometimes terrifying, sometimes maddening. But always provocative. Interesting. And although its meaning seemed beyond my grasp, it never seemed meaningless.

Just because the restaurant had Dynamite Shrimp on the menu, was that any reason for the place to blow up? (re April 15 release, Killer Kitchens

I don’t understand why you’re so obsessed with figuring out everything that happens here, like we have to unravel every mystery.

No matter which way you dice it, self-preservation is selfish.

That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open...

A mystery.” He smiled, his teeth a white gleam in the shadowed face. “I like mysteries.””Don’t you have enough to do without going looking for trouble?””I especially like mysteries that involve trouble.

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.

as jolaha ka maram na jana, jinh jag ani pasarinhh tana;dharti akas dou gad khandaya, chand surya dou nari banaya;sahastra tar le purani puri, ajahu bine kathin hai duri;kahai kabir karm se jori, sut kusut...

Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers.Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.

The moment that followed was one that would forever change the course of her life. She reflected on it later, and wondered how such a short matter of seconds could alter so permanently every part...

After visiting these two places (Berchtesgaden and the Eagle’s lair on Obersalzberg) you can easily see how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of...

she enetered the room and the entire crowd stopped, who was she? even in a million moons; you will never understand her, for she is to mysterious to presume and too wise to share her...

(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.

Every mystery novel I ever read, the great detective was such an arrogant fuck you could replace 70% of his dialogue with ‘Are you stupid?’ and the conversation would still make sense.

Mystery, why so attractive to me?You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward. Wary and trembling, I follow.

The wheel turns for all, caro Chase. It’s the karma effect,” Giulia cried, aping Ilenia. She could have never imagined that her words would become prophetic so soon.

The desperate piercing scream of horror echoed far above the sharpened tops of the trees wrapped in thin obsidian-transparent mist, and I startled jerkily, tripping again, and almost collapsed onto the cold moist ground.