Adult Thriller Quotes

If you like Girl with Dragon Tattoo and Vampires, this is for you! (Kathi Humphries (Design) on 'ORPHANS - Time is running out' by Ian Dewar) ~ Kathi Humphries

What was that feeling in my chest? Regret? Regret that I'd left last night after our kiss--that I'd pulled away before he could know how much I truly wanted him. ~ Krystine Kelly

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's 'Marathon Man.' That was the first adult thriller that I loved. I read it when I was 15 or so, when my father gave it to me. ~ Harlan Coben

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

- He's young, good-looking and new in town. And He's got the local bullies in his sights. There's no justice here, but justice is coming...

NO JUSTICE, the addictive new adult thriller that everyone is talking about ~ J.K. Ellem

Literature is the extant body of written art. All novels belong to it.
The value judgement concealed in distinguishing one novel as literature and another as genre vanishes with the distinction.
Every readable novel can give true pleasure. Every novel read by choice is read because it gives true pleasure.
Literature consists of many genres, including mystery, science fiction, fantasy, naturalism, realism, magical realism, graphic, erotic, experimental, psychological, social, political, historical, bildungsroman, romance, western, army life, young adult, thriller, etc., etc…. and the proliferating cross-species and subgenres such as erotic Regency, noir police procedural, or historical thriller with zombies.
Some of these categories are descriptive, some are maintained largely as marketing devices. Some are old, some new, some ephemeral.
Genres exist, forms and types and kinds of fiction exist and need to be understood: but no genre is inherently, categorically superior or inferior.

(Hypothesis on Literature vs. Genre) ~ Ursula K. Le Guin

I don't mind, as I said, I'm good with my hands."
Callie caught herself subconsciously twirling her hair like some churlish school-girl, her mind thinking about something else. Thinking about his hands ~ J.K. Ellem

James is why I never left. I should have left. ~ Kate Avelynn

I am living proof that everything heals within time. ~ Charlena E. Jackson

It's an old story, amigo mío. Be careful of those closest to you because they can do the most damage. ~ Theodore Jerome Cohen

I think we need to be beholden to each other. ~ Robert Peate

Great. Men affectionately attacked me with sticks to show their admiration. ~ Katherine Pine

We're all frightened. We go through life like little children. Every single one of us pretending to be an adult. All you can really do is find someone to be with who's less scared than you are. ~ Peter Quilter

Brutality was never something that Made Men wanted to hide. They were too proud of it. ~ Anna Widzisz

I could have drowned today. If they hadn't been screaming my name so loudly and if I hadn't woken up, I would have drowned. ~ Erica Sehyun Song

Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable energy in "clowning around." They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental. ~ Conrad Hyers

Live fast, Die pretty!" ~Mercedes Delaware ~ Lori Meckley

My back slams against the oven door, and I cover my face and cry. I cry so hard I can't breathe. ~ Cassie Mae

Fuck you!" "Right here?" He crossed his arms. "That definitely wouldn't help your getting over me. ~ Stacey Marie Brown

Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States. ~ Carolyn Maloney

Young girls and mass murders are tender hearted creatures ~ Pierre Lemaitre

Adult life is full of hardship, childhood should be free of it. ~ Geraldine Brooks

He gazed deeply into my eyes. Placing his hand to my cheek, he caressed my skin with his fingertips. "Ariel, you have a strength that cannot be hindered by anything. A strength that I admire greatly." - Luca ~ Victoria H. Smith

Adult stem cells have shown great potential and have effectively helped patients. Another alternative is cord-blood stem cells. These are a neglected resource that could be used to treat a diverse body of people. ~ Jim Ryun

What has happened to the adult human? ~ Miguel Angel Ruiz

Do it once and do it right and do it quickly ~ Lee Child

The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected between the antlers of caribou. ~ P.J. Parker

If Guy had been asked at any point in his entire adult life prior to this week how he might envisage himself speaking to Sir Philip Rookwood, "planning illicit amours" would have been the least likely answer imaginable, matched only in its implausibility by "up a tree". ~ K.J. Charles

Because I don't think I have a handle on how to write for grown-ups. The grown-up publishing world is so fraught with one-upsmanship, scorn and snobbery. I did write an adult novel. Thank goodness it went out of print. I think we kids' authors still start out with hope every morning. We honor our audience. ~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Rose, come here. Christian grabbed my hand and guided me back down on the couch next to him. ~ Tish Thawer

I spent the period reading the first novel assigned for English. And wow. If I hadn't realized I was in France yet, I do now. Because Like Water for Chocolate has sex in it. LOTS of sex. ~ Stephanie Perkins

Our young people - and adults - should be aware that considerable dissent exists in the scientific world regarding the validity of molecules-to-man evolution. ~ Ken Ham

Cooking's like making music." She threw him a smile. "It's the perfect storm of smell and touch and taste and even sound, you know? That sizzle in the pan, the pop of spices. The moment you turn the heat off and there, right there, the ingredients let off a warm, enveloping steam."

"I eat to survive," he said, matter-of-factly.

She opened her mouth, then shut it. Was it sad to eat for survival? That was exactly what they were doing right here and the pleasure of it was almost blinding. ~ Adriana Anders

Growing up with a name that rhymes with turkey - and jerky - was no great fun. But, as an adult, I tell you, being globally unique in the age of Google can be extremely helpful. ~ Clay Shirky

I've learned ... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult. ~ Andy Rooney

He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what I can do after all. ~ Sophie Jordan

Psi technology had come far enough to use coercion, if necessary, as well as the usual inter-dimensional cloaking to avoid detection.
And if she refused to come willingly, rather than force the issue he would do everything in his power to make sure she was stuck there for the rest of her life. ~ Marcha A. Fox

And within two weeks, Peter Foo was already proven right. Business for the firm expanded in leaps & bounds as both old & new clients wanted to meet the lovely slave girl that he kept naked in his penthouse & to partake of the ambrosial Nectar that she served. So much so that the three million dollars that he had paid for her was fully recovered out of profits. And new orders that flooded the firm showed that his initial investment on the girl would increase in value tenfold within a year.
He had therefore acquired the lovely slave girl, Briseis,for free. And that was why Peter Foo was likened by the Directors to Zeus/Jupiter, the King of the Gods.[MMT] ~ Nicholas Chong

Carla had realised there wasn't just one destined adventure in life, there were thousands of them. ~ Claire Chilton

My thoughts are haunting me because the truth has set me free."
~Love is respect ♥~ ~ Charlena E. Jackson

Perhaps our suffering is part of our humanity. ~ Christina L. Barr

Why do you do it, Amber? Why do you go after people like you do? It's not who you are."

"That's the point," Amber said. "I'm not allowed to be who I really am. ~ Cole Gibsen

Those skills were unexplainable, and using them only stirred questions and concerns. ~ Ronie Kendig

If I were an adult, I would be drinking coffee; as it is, I'm drinking Mountain Dew. ~ Chuck Klosterman

His grip on my shoulder tightens. His other hand behind my head caresses me softly and I sigh.
"Touch me, Skye."
His voice is rough, almost sounding like a groan. ~ Stephanie Witter

The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings. ~ Pete Hamill

All my life I've lived a beautiful lie. The governor's son with the bright future set for him. The middle child. The one who no one knew how bad he was suffering until it made the nightly news. ~ Magan Vernon

One by one, the villager torches are lit, and a fire spreads through their circle until it blazes like an enormous bullion ring. ~ Joanna Wiebe

In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children. ~ Donna Shalala

I've always been a big guy, whether it's been a fat kid, a fat young adult, or a fat adult. I was always sort of ... I guess the term would be 'popular.' I never dealt with a lot of name-calling or any of the bullying you'd think a fat kid might have to deal with. ~ Jim O'Heir

You can't keep resisting my irresistibleness, Natara Stone. You'll give in eventually, and I won't quit until you do. ~ Kelsey Ketch

I've been chasing you since before I knew what chasing a girl meant. ~ Cristin Harber

Holy moly Pikachu bolts! ~ Adele Rose

I knew from Brianna that being beautiful wasn't all great. Brianna had changed in middle school. One day we were both seventh graders and the next, she was a supermodel who had a seventh grader for a best friend. ~ Elizabeth Scott

It suddenly occurred to him that for the first time in years, they were about to be alone together for more than five minutes.
Just the two of them. On a small jet. Tens of thousands of feet in the air.
Christ.
Maybe he should've packed a parachute, just in case. ~ Elle Kennedy