Action Packed Mystery Quotes

#1. For our anxiety is the one thing we cannot place on the shoulders of others, it suffocates them.

Anais Nin

#2. I had just received my degree in Calcium Anthropology ... the study of milkmen.

Steven Wright

#3. By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.

Larry Kramer

#4. The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to protect the people and promote the best interests of his sovereign, is the precious jewel of the state.

Sun Tzu

#5. But then all writers smoke, don't they? And drink? And sit in front of computer screens till their arteries clog and muscles atrophy?

T.C. Boyle

#6. Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

#7. I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.

Brandon Boyd

#8. It. May. Not. Be Fair. But. It. Can. Be. Good.

Avery Flynn

#9. It is better to be a discipline than a follower.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and perils.

Hermann Hesse

#11. The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq.

Kent Conrad

#12. There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

Henry Ward Beecher

#13. Percival was mouse-coloured and had not been very attractive even to his mother.

William Golding

#14. Under a tyranny, most friends are a liability. One quarter of them turn "reasonable" and become your enemies, one quarter are afraid to speak, and one quarter are killed and you die with them. But the blessed final quarter keep you alive.

Sinclair Lewis

#15. She knew it should bother her more, being evil and all, but after she put on a little mascara and some lipstick and poured herself another cup of blood-laced coffee, she found that she was okay with it.

Christopher Moore

#16. Hopefully you're on the edge of your seat when reading WUWPOO. That's my favorite reading position.

S.N. Deinscheiss

#17. A magical blending of mystery, romance, and deep and dangerous secrets. Kelly Parra's Invisible Touch is an action-packed coming-of-age novel, sure to keep readers turning pages and begging for a sequel.

Laurie Faria Stolarz