Suspense Quotes

145 Suspense quotes by 109 unique authors

Death - Death can be faced, dealt with, adjusted to, outlived. It's the not knowing that destroys interminably... This being suspended in suspense; waiting -… — Ruth Graham
Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page. — Sidney Sheldon
There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths… — Kurt Vonnegut
We lie under the network of arching shells and live in a suspense of uncertainty. If a shot comes, we can duck, that is all;… — Erich Maria Remarque
The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that. — Steve Toltz
Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself. — Jane Austen
There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start. — Frank Portman
There isn’t any particular relationship between the messages, except that the author has chosen them carefully, so that, when seen all at once, they produce… — Kurt Vonnegut
Dantes passed through all the stages of torture natural to prisoners in suspense. He was sustained at first by that pride of conscious innocence which… — Alexandre Dumas
I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being… — Saint Augustine
How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and… — Jane Austen
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what… — Alfred Hitchcock
Yes, she's bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out. — Cassandra Clare
I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual.… — C.S. Lewis
There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do;… — C.S. Lewis
One can think effectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching. — John Dewey
Guys like Spielberg and Zemeckis and really anybody who is a storyteller-filmmaker today has studied Hitchcock and the way he visually tells a story. He… — Ralph Macchio
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling. — Ira Sachs
I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the… — Morgan Saylor
Subtle horror is where you rarely see the blood and gore. The violent people are called splatter-punks, who prefer graphic, unrelenting, violent, fast-paced horror. I… — Unknown Author
For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy… — Ruth Glick
To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller… — Jeffery Deaver
When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss.… — Michael Koryta
Here lies one not long dead; His dark hearing caught our far wheels, and the choked soul stretched weak hands To reach the living word… — Isaac Rosenberg
Fight for friends. Joyful trips. Examination fever. Suspense of results. Making parodies of teachers. Joking with juniors. Carefree laughters. Gossips about affairs. Just everything... People… — Aldyna Threesya

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