Thriller Romancer Quotes

That's the business, Iris. It's a ruth- less industry. People's love lasts but one season. ~ Eugenia Melian

the partition was rolled up for ventilation, and she was lying in her hammock reading one of the books Vernon had brought, a thriller called utopia. ~ Douglas Preston

I was fascinated by information about the Earth's magnetic field in my geological studies, and started wondering what would happen if long-overdue changes in geomagnetism manifested in modern times. I decided, working with my wife Tiane, to take these ideas further by adding a dash of adventure and dramatic twists and turns exploring how different types of people, good and bad, might react. ~ J. Barry Reid

He'd done this hundreds of times: done a job, been drugged with a narcotic that erased his short term memory, and dumped in a seedy hole in the wall locale, where when he climbed out, he would have to figure out where he was, find a payphone, and call in for his next job. ~ Jennifer Arnett

Good always has a price, Marcus. Evil comes free. ~ Donato Carrisi

I have a friend I was a POW with, Cole Makani Hunter, who married an ecotherapist," he told her. ~ Dana Marton

He threw himself to his knees at the stone and tore his damning testimony from the pages of its testament. He held the only evidence of his identity in his hand and in one motion of forfeit and justice he cast it into the fire. ~ Wyatt Michael

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth. ~ David Morrell

Do you recognize it? Ajay asked Will. Three other guards started performing exactly the same strange, convoluted, synchronized dance steps, and it spread until twenty of them were moving along, when Will realized: Thriller? Correct! ~ Mark Frost

God works in mysterious ways. Sometimes he uses anonymous people. ~ Khaled Talib

Sometimes the old-age serenity thing is crap. ~ Becky Masterman

Nothing prepares you for hiring a person whose only contribution to the workforce will be killing people! ~ Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

Ark Storm - what if you could control the weather? ~ Linda Davies

She was a drug and he was an addict, hooked on her from the second he'd met her. ~ Elle Kennedy

I love outsider stories. And I also like a lot of genre fiction, too. So I wanted to write a literary book that flirted with thriller and fantasy and even science fiction. I wanted the coming-of-age story and the love story to be about "outsiderdom" - one of the themes I am most interested in. ~ Porochista Khakpour

Same way a serial killer chooses his weapons, only Aaron was the serial killer of souls. ~ Mary Ann D'Alto

Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was.
Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that. ~ Robin Jones Gunn

From anonymous bullying to anonymous murder for hire, the Internet had something for every sick taste. ~ Kenneth Eade

The matted straw cover of the latrine was yanked away. The sun blinded me as I looked up at the dark outline of two young soldiers in tattered camouflage, their uniforms made for men bigger than they were. They each held an automatic weapon, an AK-47, and were leering down at me. I could see the two gold teeth of one of them as he grinned.
Gold-tooth reached down and grabbed my hair, yanking me up by it until he could get the other hand under my arm and pull me the rest of the way. I screamed in terror. He pulled me away from the pit as he and the others held their noses and laughed hysterically. One held each arm and dragged me to the river's edge. They tore off my loose cotton dress; I had no underwear on. After howling with laughter and firing guns in the air, they crudely touched my body. ~ Nick Hahn

I wanted to make a redemptive thriller that didn't end with some kind of big, crazy shootout and blood spill, but more of a collision of ideas and a discussion of ethics. ~ Joel Edgerton

As they drove on the quiet A3320 towards Notting Hill, Doris spoke. "He won't, you know. He won't pay the ransom."
Wolfe offered her a reassuring smile, but inside his stomach housed a million butterflies. Shamefully, he passed wind again, the words of his captive disconcerting him on his journey to Shepherd's Bush. ~ Anthony Hulse

Recent global challenges suggest the themes in "The RISING SEDITION" foreshadow fiction becoming reality!! RT ~ Richard Trevae

Pulling back, like a savage carnivore at its prey, it tore a large chunk of meat rendering his left arm useless...regardless he did not require it for long. ~ Stacy Buck

He was pale as only one state on Bhast dictated - not lacking color necessarily or vitality, certainly. Fey white was more comparable to a pearl; the color subtle and the luster soft, but still vibrant. In spite of the tragedy that could come with it, it was not a dying state. It was a state of living ... sometimes much more brilliantly than people could cope with, including the Fey individuals themselves. ~ T.A. Miles

What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is a dangerous place for writers. You don't want to ever get complacent. If a book starts going too well, I usually know there's a problem. I need to struggle. I need that self-doubt. I need to think it's not the best thing ever. ~ Harlan Coben

Like each morning he was putting his identity on inside out while dressing in the dark. ~ Vivian Barz

You are so beautiful, I could eat you, he said.
And it was true. Her smile was as intoxicating as the wine.
And he could eat her. ~ Jonas Eriksson

Vittorio's breath left his lungs in a long rush of shock. Something tight in his chest loosened. Someplace vulnerable. Someplace guarded and protected. He pressed his hand tightly over the spot, feeling as if that voice had been a key, fitting perfectly into the lock and turning it before he had a chance to react ~ Christine Feehan

Oh, I wonder if there's another way. ~ S.L. Wallace

Lawyers aren't the most popular people, Miss Allen ... - Murder in Hand ~ Celia Conrad

This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky ... Johnston is an excellent writer. You want to set this one down so you can take a breath, and keep reading
all at the same time. ~ Alan Cheuse

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me 'Canada's scariest writer,' and I love that. ~ Andrew Pyper

It was right that she was now staying at the ranch. She belonged there.
She belonged with him.
Always had. Always would. ~ Donna Grant

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology.
Snappy dresser, though. ~ Kathy Reichs

Dad looked more sheepish than I had ever seen him look in his life. It made him appear younger.

"A scent. Your mother's shampoo. ~ J.A. Ironside

This is m-me." I indicated the lonely track.

"Really? What's up there?" He peered over my shoulder in genuine curiosity. "Is there a house up there? You're not a sylph or something that really does live wild, are you? ~ J.A. Ironside

Have you ever felt like you were constantly in awaiting your own trial? ~ Ophelia Callens

It is said that in death, all things become clear. ~ Dan Brown

She found him very hard to resist, and if she was truthful with herself, she wasn't trying that much. ~ Christine Feehan

People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller. ~ Scott Turow

Proverb: The caterpillar thought the world was ending, then it turned into a butterfly, ~ Marian Phair

He started for his office, but something was bothering him. Turning back to her, he said, "I have to know. DJ walks in and you instantly like her. You've never liked any of the women I've dated, and you've never done more than share a few words with them on the phone. What is different about this one?" he demanded, trying to keep his voice down.
Marge smiled. "You'll remember this one's name. ~ B. J. Daniels

You and I. We're going back. People are dying because of this beast. It must be stopped. And we will take the dragon this time, and water the ground with its blood. ~ Ruth Ford Elward

The truth, a truth, and reality are not always the same. ~ Jacqueline Simon Gunn

It was once said that to hide something from prying eyes you must place it where people can see it. ~ Micheal Rivers