Quote by Mark Twain

“And yet still she watched him... he wondered why. One possibility, and by far his favorite, was that she was planning his murder.”

— Anne Stuart

“He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there, while he…

— Victor Hugo

“He talked to people and fooled them into liking him, trusting him. He talked to them while he was killing them, torturing and turning…

— Markus Zusak

“They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was young and ignorant and silly and he got involved. He had no…

— Graham Greene

“For what it was worth he already knew he resembled a pissed off serial killer most of the time, he was completely fine about…

— V. Theia

“He said her name like a detective unmasking the face of the culprit he'd suspected all along.”

— Allyse Near

“I stared at the list, as though willing the murderer's name to appear in red letters before my eyes. I felt I was so…

— Ashley Weaver

“He wanted to know something about me. I leaned over and put my mouth to his ear. It was barely a whisper. 'I'm a…

— Ruta Sepetys

“She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d…

— Carla H Krueger

“He felt awkward because she was going to murder him.”

— Joseph Heller

“There's no need to kick him in the balls for him to tell the story honestly and impartially, because the dead are usually honest,…

— Hassan Blasim