Adult Thriller Quotes

#1. 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

#2. If my life were a movie ... the title sequence would start out like a typical high school story, but then reveal that something's amiss. There'd be a tight shot, or piece of dialogue, or something that would make the viewer uncomfortable. Something to give them that prickly feeling.
-Dez

Dawn Klehr

#3. I need a favour.'
I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think I'm about to do him a favour? He's a stranger. And he's wearing handcuffs.

Sarah Alderson

#4. I've never been on a bike," I say. "I mean, I've been on a bike but not a motorcycle."
"And why is that?" he asks.
"Bugs. They get in your mouth, right? That's just gross."
Chris makes a face.
"If you ride around with your mouth hanging open, I assume that could be a possibility.

Summer Lane

#5. . 'Because off-duty cops walk around the city wearing sweatshirts advertising they're cops all the time, never mind it's a hundred degrees outside. And never mind you look like the youngest cop ever recruited in the history of policing.'
He tsks at me. 'Have you never seen 21 Jump Street?

Sarah Alderson

#6. I wrapped my arms around my body, pushing away my doubts and indecision for just a moment, and looked out toward the cemetery. "Whatever it takes," I vowed. And as I said the words, I felt a chill run across my neck and a ghostly touch slide down my cheek

Catrina Burgess

#7. Every adult grew from a kid who beat the odds. But at different times, in different places, the odds have been appallingly steep.

M.R. Carey

#8. My eyes meet his and I understand exactly what he's saying. He's my person. He's my home.

Jennifer Walkup

#9. That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery.

Barbara Hershey

#10. I just wanted to buy a spy novel. I didn't want to be in one.

Jeffrey Westhoff

#11. It's all interrelated, these destructive things I do. I latch on to people, like I'm collecting them. I'm always looking for a hero, you know?

Jenna Brooks

#12. [Reggie] had a way of picking the bad ideas, which is why we should've just said no.
(from GAMELAND Episode 1: Deep into the Game)

Saul Tanpepper

#13. 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.

Jennifer Walkup

#14. He grinned, a very dark and evil grin ... the kind of grin that the Grinch had before he stole Christmas.

Cameo Renae

#15. Hell had frozen over and I was lost in its endless labyrinth.

Cameo Renae

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. I felt absolutely nothing, and that frightened me even more than the darkness of oblivion

Catrina Burgess

#19. Simon leveled the gun at Will again. 'Now,' he said casually, 'someone's gonna die here in the next minute.'
On the other side of the two-way mirror, Sammy took aim.
'That's exactly right,' she whispered.

Jenna Brooks

#20. What is a monster? Something that grows hair all over and howls? Could be. But the real monster is within, and when it comes out, it's as fugly as you see it, or as it lets you see it.

John Vamvas Olga Montes

#21. Trust me,' he says with a touch of impatience.
'Stop asking me to do that,' I say, equally as impatiently.

Sarah Alderson

#22. James is why I never left. I should have left.

Kate Avelynn

#23. Love or hate my work. I write not to impress. It's just in me to give.

Anne-Rae Vasquez

#24. The strands of her golden hair danced through her liquid nightmare to an unheard song. She was gone.
"Enlightenment"
C.O.A series

Kim Cormack

#25. Thirty-two steps until Haley Tremaine entered hell. Thirty-two steps until she walked into the smell of alcohol and burned microwaveable meals, into a place where fear overwhelmed.

Krystal Wade

#26. MISSION ONE ACCOMPLISHED. The next challenge was bringing in online gamers to join him on his crusade. How was he going to convince online gamers to leave the privacy of their virtual world to work with others in the real world?
Harry Doubt

Anne-Rae Vasquez

#27. I've spent a large portion of the last 40 years hunting Dragons because of you. Be flattered, disturbed ... Whatever floats your boat.
Tiberius of Triad
C.O.A series

Kim Cormack

#28. She looks at me as though she wants to both devour and strangle me. I chuckle softly. She's fucking adorable.

Ashley Stoyanoff

#29. A small white rabbit with floppy ears and a twitching pink nose bounded out from the thick forest brush. Fingers twitching at his side, James stepped toward the small animal, a nervous giddiness creeping up inside of him.

Brandi Salazar

#30. How would I feel about hearing that the plague killed another nearby village a month later? Didn't I tell you stupidity is the eighth sin?
Excerpt From: Cameron Jace. .

Cameron Jace

#31. The old fire pit was ancient. I couldn't say how many of my ancestors warmed themselves at this outdoor hearth. Sitting around it was rather affecting, especially when you thought about the countless people who had occupied your very spot in some distant past. It was kind of surreal.

J.M. Northup

#32. Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, "You are so much like her."
This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also a blessing, for she always hurries from the room after saying it.

Gwenn Wright

#33. And when whatever happened in that barn happened, it was a moment I'll never forget. Like a missing key slid into a dusty old lock. Click. My world opened.

Jennifer Walkup

#34. Either I've got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I've grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just then he thought. I'd better get a move on, got work to do. He hurried across to some stairs, heading down deeper into station, then followed the signs to the pod station.

R.W. Rivers

#35. I nodded. I was ready. In fact I was so ready that if he didn't do something soon, if he didn't touch me in the next five seconds, it was very possible I might die. Right there on the bed. Still a virgin.

Sarah Alderson

#36. A quick thought shot through my mind. Could I really drown in a dream? I remembered the movie the Matrix. If you died in the matrix, you died in real life. I wasn't about to take a chance ...

Cameo Renae

#37. The terror is trapped inside of him and paralyzes him. He closes his eyes again and tries to drown out the scream - but it keeps ringing and ringing and ringing in his ears.

Suneeta Misra

#38. His eyes were twin flakes of ember floating into the night from a roaring inferno. I won't let anything happen to you. No matter what I have to do, I will keep you safe.

Airicka Phoenix

#39. Ah yes, now you're beginning to feel it. It's so satisfying to see my best efforts coming to fruition. Undoubtedly one of the most gratifying rewards of my profession. It would warm my heart - if I had one.

Jaye Frances

#40. You killed me." My voice was unsteady.

He held me close again. "I brought you back."

"Please tell me we only have to do that once."

He whispered against my ear, "I swear I won't kill you again. Cross my heart and hope to die." It was a bad joke

Catrina Burgess

#41. I felt it burn all the way down my throat and into my stomach. I felt like I was dying.

Jeannie Walker

#42. For several moments, Mary couldn't hear anything over the violent pounding of her pulse.

Y.S. Lee

#43. The fiery tickle of outrage burned up her throat. "How the hell would you know that when you never gave me a chance?"
Something dark and scorching flickered behind his eyes. "Because no other girl has ever made me want to forget all my own rules for them.

Airicka Phoenix

#44. Enough with the sadness! This dream is not for cry-babies ... he said, his face beaming with a wide smile.

Cameo Renae

#45. Sometimes it takes losing everything to see the truth in nothing, except love, honor, and death.

N.J. Paige

#46. Paige, you will have two tasks tonight,' he said, turning to face me. 'Both will test the limits of your sanity. Will you believe me if I tell you that they will help you?'
'Not likely,' I said 'but let's get on with it.

Samantha Shannon

#47. Had a big trial. It was like an Errol Flynn movie.

Jeannie Walker

#48. Even the worst humans in the history of the world didn't grow up thinking, "I hope I slaughter an entire race of people when I'm an adult".

Andrew Cormier

#49. I look away, but we've caught each other. And I know this wasn't just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others.

Jennifer Walkup

#50. Don't worry about paying me. Stay alive, child. You must save yourself. And, whatever you do, don't forget who you are

Catrina Burgess

#51. What is your secret? What could you possibly know, more than 80 years after you death, that someone doesn't want us to find out?

Jennifer Walkup

#52. Insanity is the only real escape from the banality of our lives.
- Clara Bayliss

John Hennessy

#53. Did you mean what you said before? About the dead hanging around? You really believe it?

Jennifer Walkup

#54. One honorable young man can make all the difference ...

Robert L. Beck

#55. You look good, Clearwater. Been working out?' Danie teased.
'He does, doesn't he?'Janelle agreed. 'This will totally work.'
James' eyes darted back and forth between the girls, his head spinning. 'Wait, what will work?

Brandi Salazar

#56. He looked up at the stars as the storm closed in and saw them extinguished, one-by-one, until just two remained. They glimmered and shone through gaps in the clouds like two great eyes in the darkness, burning on a demon's face that chased him across the sea.

Brooke Burgess

#57. One wrong move, one bad rumor, one mistake, and it's social death row. I'm the latest to be sentenced. Move out of the way, everyone. Dead girl walking.
-Riley

Dawn Klehr

#58. This is what people were looking at all day? How embarrassing! I looked like Quasimodo! My guests were exceptional actors.

Cameo Renae

#59. 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