Thrilling Quotes

“And supernatural? Only science not yet understood.”
― William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

“Yeah, nerdship could be inherited as surely as any knighthood”
― William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

“After lunch, they went for a walk around the island. The sun was out, but the wind was brisk, bringing a chill into their hands and faces. They arrived at the viewing point on the northwest corner of the island. The waves from the Atlantic crashed relentlessly against the rocks. They took a seat together on a large, smooth stone and gazed out at the sea and the barrier islands. Orla sat between Aideen and Dani. They all held hands. For a while, no words were spoken, but then Orla broke the silence. “What do ya’ think will happen to us in 2253?” she asked.”
― Steven Decker, Time Chain

“The machines were simple and harmless, developed by a human genius who set in motion something, which ultimately had far reaching consequences.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Following his ordeal at the hands of the angry residents in Dusty Bottom Lane yesterday, he felt particularly disinclined to exhibit any form of enthusiasm whatsoever.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Manager Mangione,” Ping said, “algorithmic regulation was to
have been a system of governance where more exact data, collected
from MEG citizens’ minds via neuralinks, would be used to organize
Human life more efficiently as a CORPORATE collective. Except no
one to this point in Human existence has been able to identify the
mind. The CORPORATE can only receive data from the NET on
behaviours which indicate feelings or intentions. I & I cannot . . .”
― Brian Van Norman, Against the Machine: Evolution

“The doorways into hell are mostly inside the mind.”
― Frank Lambert, Xyz

“Sorry to hear that, baby." he kissed the palm of her hand. Wow, her mom and husband both killed in tragic accidents, he thought.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

“Hestia looked at Eli like he was dressed in a gorilla suit and immediately morphed into a Rottweiler the size of a lion. “You still think I should wear clothes,” she challenged Eli.”
― Frank Lambert, Xyz

“Sage could barely move, fastened in the wrecked car by her seatbelt. She was coughing and barely able to breathe. The acrid taste of smoke and the gas fumes overwhelmed her and the pain was excruciating.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

“True forgiveness is letting go of something and moving forward with your life. I was stuck in the past, drowning in misery.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

“They aren't sure who killed the little girl's mother yet. So you should be in the clear. But they have this cop living in the building. He's a detective. The kind that sneaks around, not minding his own damn business.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again

“Oh my God, kidnapped!" she roared. "Now she's gone from missing to kidnapped. Who would want to take her? She's such a sweet person. Vanna wouldn't hurt a fly.”
― Sharon Carter, Love Auction II: Love Designs

“He cups my face
with both hands
leans in,
eyes lingering a
sweet second
before his lips
are there on mine,
teasing,
playing,
tasting,
kissing.

When he pulls away,
I'm breathless.

He nuzzles my ear.
"Now that's thrilling."

You got that right.”
― Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before

“You lost sight of what was important... and sometimes, to gain something you have to let something go.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Be careful what you wish for... your wish will visit you tenfold.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“... something was not right... almost as if something were hiding amongst the paint... squeezed in between the brush strokes... a kind of presence bringing it alive...”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“You see, we black cats are the only thing between you and certain death.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Trad moves to get a better view of the water falling in a continuous, glistening cascade from the uppermost level of the atrium to the lagoon below.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Your role out there is to give something back, guide the way forward... Maybe, just maybe if you spent a little less time looking out for yourself and a little more time thinking about... no, scratch that, just thinking would be a start.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Muses are the Mata Haris of inspiration.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Trad had refused to stop until every last one of the Alliance Innesomids had been brought back under Octunnumi protection.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“... we know where this will end,’ he says, gesturing his ageing body. ‘... I am after all nothing more than my roots – a typical Amunarainith...”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“That’s Vegan not Vulcan!”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Are we or are we not currently walking through a fairy-tale?”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“He licked my face, sir.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“... do your lot wake up and think hmm, what can I do to ruin the planet today?”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Wandering these shelves, the many mechanical animals... ambled about their day, unaffected by the presence of Maiegryn and her children.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Right, so I wake up in the morgue as me, Grace, but I’m eighteen again and I’m like wow!”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Catching sight of the rotund Levaedet Ringmaster striding through the crowds, high above them on his disproportionately long legs, she allows herself a moment to imagine the smell of Candyfloss mingling with toffee apples and salted popcorn; the screams of laughter from the carousel and Ferris wheel...”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue