Costs Quote by David Morrell

“But then the blackmail letter came... And everything he’d worked so hard to build threatened to crumble around him.”

— T.L. Haddix

“I wanted to give you everything. To withhold nothing from you. Then one day there was nothing left to give.”

— Kate McGahan

“And they didn't like to pay with trust and love, but rather with money and goods. They betrayed each other and expected being betrayed…

— Hermann Hesse

“Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment…

— Dean Koontz

“Ransom knew he’d regret the words he was about to speak. Because they were the decent thing to do, and if there was one…

— Tessa Dare

“Money was what you stuffed into the greedy spokes of the world as bribery, so it wouldn't run you over.”

— Elyse Singleton

“He'd sacrifice much for her. He'd do anything she asked of him. He'd pay any price, except one. The price of giving her up.”

— Becky Wade

“He had a principle: if you lend money and never see the person again, that's money well spent.”

— Isabel Allende

“He felt at once betrayed and betrayer, deceived and deceiver. He was a criminal forced into crime, an unwilling whore.”

— Peter Benchley

“Money can only get you so far; you need power and influence to go with it.”

— Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

“Okay," I sighed. "I don't like it, but my hands are tied. I just want you to know this: if I ever get the…

— Darren Shan

“There was nothing left for the dollar, nothing except a cold, cruel end. Until, that is, the bank robbers burst into the back room.”

— T.R. Whittier