#thrill

Anna is part of a generation that often seems frozen in place by their unreleting sense of irony. Virtually everything people believe in can be exposed as possessing laughable inconsistencies. And so they laugh. And stand still. ↗

— Scott Turow

#growing-up #time #thriller

She was like a nagging itch, repellent and at the same time tempting. ↗

— Stieg Larsson

#suspense-thriller #thriller

... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow. ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#hangman #mystrey #paranormal #seduction #thriller

It was the second time in a row they were expecting us. We’ve got an informer in our group.” Johannes aka ‘BB’ The Informer by Steen Langstrup ↗

— Steen Langstrup

#noir-fiction #sabotage-group-bb #scandinavian-mysteries #world-war- #thriller

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled. ↗

— Steve Martin

#disneyland #enjoyed #father #go #go home

My tears had unexpectedly become real. ↗

— S.L. Wallace

#political-thriller #sci-fi #scifi #sci-fi

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#being #came #carl #formal #gave

I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#doctor #down #elevator #exciting #find

I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled. ↗

— Paul M. Glaser

#apart #been #could #directing #few

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. ↗

— Lee Child

#dawn #goes #invention #probably #recent