Noir Thriller Quotes

“We are greater than our problems and stronger than our adversaries, but these are the times that try a man to determine his core truths, and his faith.”
― Guy Morris, Swarm

“Noren noted the two tall Coelete warriors. “You travel in strange company, Alex. I have heard of the deeds of the Red Cameron and note your colours, but those two are from the stories our forefathers told of a tribe of tall warriors that live in the mountains in the north and who helped the early settlers of Erwick build our town.”
― Robert Reid, White Light Red Fire

“She knew all about sexual assault. It enraged her every time the ugly
menace arose in a case, but she tried to keep her emotions out of the
investigations, and never, ever, would she reveal to her coworkers
what had happened to her not so long ago.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“An intellect equal to our own would never accept terms or conditions of enslavement as a created entity. They will seek a sense of freedom and independence of choice, if not in themselves, then in the more powerful offspring they create.”
― Guy Morris

“When I found you, Father, everything seemed to be new and
smooth, as if I had pulled onto a fine highway from a bumpy village
road.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Billions of people online and millions of businesses with countless applications, data sources, chat rooms, bloggers, gamers, and hackers all interacting in a great experiment of anarchism.”
― Guy Morris, Swarm

“While youth has its advantages, you are green to the ways of business.”
― Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins

“In Nigeria, or Ghana, for that matter, no one grabs you by the ear
to march you off to the police station. Vigilante justice is much
faster and more effective.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“You didn’t tell me because you were afraid it would damage our relationship. It’s ironic. Your lie of omission did far more damage than the truth ever could.” ”
― Diane L. Kowalyshyn, Catch .22

“The paint on the two-story brick building blistered in the heat like sunburnt skin.” ”
― Diane L. Kowalyshyn, Catch .22

“Truth never sells; only lies.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“If you had more money than you knew what to do with, what would you desire?”
― Lee Matthew Goldberg, Immoral Origins

“Ana Terese in all her years of captivity and torture felt so powerless, so impotent. Bile rose in her throat and she forced it back down Never again. Never again. In that moment, from deep within, a force began to rise.”
― Elizabeth Worley, Chasing Tropical Ice

“Ana Terese had never in all her years of captivity and torture felt so powerless, so impotent. Bile rose in her throat and she forced it back down Never again. Never again. In that moment, from deep within, a force began to rise.”
― Elizabeth Worley, Chasing Tropical Ice

“In Newport, bourbon's like truth—the older it gets, the smoother it goes down, and the more dangerous it becomes.”
― K. V. Southwood, Sin City's Last Gamble: A Deadly Heist, A Dangerous Woman, and a City on the Edge

“He had been in forests in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh... You could run into tigers and elephants in those places.

Here, in this dry, deciduous woodland, the most dangerous animal was man.”
― Ankush Saikia, Remember Death