- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mystery Quotes
On suspense, secrecy, and the pull of not knowing.
These quotes move between a filmmaker's take on the ongoing-killer structure of a horror franchise and an unrelated aside on how intuitive a modern device can be. A more poetic line asks for a plain, quiet mystery rather than an elaborate one. Try Mystery riddles for a playful companion page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross Macdonald, did - crank out a book a year. The only problem - and it was a considerable one - was that I stank.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There has been speculation through the years that Elvis has his eyes done or some other mystery procedure, but that mini facelift was the extent of his plastic surgery.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds. Everywhere they are visible yet everywhere occult.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt that Americans are very in the moment. There's not so much melancholia and mystery as there is in France. Everything must be understood. Everything must be analyzed.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me.
- Historical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage seems to be predicated on protecting a very deep and intimate form of mystery.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like with a girl: it's more fun to meet and slowly, gradually learn things about each other. A little mystery is always nice and it's interesting to still learn new things about someone you are involved with.
- Grasping
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what is possible.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I reject in our cultural divisions is the clash between faith and reason, and I would say the same about mystery and intellect. They are somehow mysteriously akin to each other.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sadly, it runs in my damn family, and that disease is a mystery to just about every scientist! We are definitely interested in finding a cure for ALS! Cure it already!
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all desire things that we believe we cannot have, and so my films reflect that again and again. The mystery must be solved, the goal attained.
- Devil
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- Nov 07, 2020