Suspicious Quotes

“Two things you should know about me; The first is that I am deeply suspicious of people in general. It is my nature to expect the worst of them. And the second is that I am unexpectedly good with computers.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“A female’s right to choose must be sacrosanct!”
― Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures

“I also think he is given to disguises...Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside.”
― Julia Quinn, What Happens in London

“Every cold case is someone’s failure. And while every failure has many illegitimate parents, usually, one person gets stuck with the kid. Scholz was this ugly baby’s mother. And mommas can be very temperamental about their babies, especially the ugly ones.”
― J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

“Blood only flows in one direction.”
― J.K. Franko, Killing Johnny Miracle

“And I looked out at the dog, and McCoy trying to cradle her in one arm and cut the rope with t’other, and I said, ‘What goes around, comes around, daddy.’
“And he just smiled. A wicked smile. And he nodded. And he kept on driving, turning left onto the road to the church.”  ”
― J.K. Franko, The Trial of Joe Harlan Junior

“Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with “stupidly overpowerful dog” and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-­expenses-paid visit to your local police station.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Whispers Under Ground

“He dropped the stub of his cigarette to the floor and lifted his heel to grind it out when the bomb exploded.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Can't you just hide us in shadows or something?'

'Sure, because a giant black cloud moving down the hallway isn't going to look more suspicious than a couple sneaking around.' He shoots me a look that keeps me from countering.

Point taken.

Not that we're a couple.

Not that I wouldn't climb the man like a tree if presented with the right set of circumstances.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“The Whisper Factory is now hiring! Report your grandma for suspicious behavior and get PAID!”
― Jarod Kintz, There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't

“It does that to you, being a detective. You look at blank space and see gears turning, motives and cunning; nothing looks innocent any more. Most times when you prove away the gears, the blank space looks lovely, peaceful. But that arm: innocent, it looked just as dangerous.”
― Tana French, The Secret Place

“Discernment has a doppelgänger, and her name is Suspicion.”
― Criss Jami

“It was hard to imagine how one could go to sleep healthy and whole and never wake up again.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Love makes humans petty and cruel, Full of arrogance, lacking in decorum. Suspicious and paranoid beyond reason. And though it cannot last forever, it drives humans to sacrifice all they have.”
― Yūji Kaku, 地獄楽 12 [Jigokuraku 12]

“Maybe you are not a suspicious person, but the messenger who conveys your message, you desire for someone is a distrusted, disloyal, and cheater that reality brings your credibility in doubt. It is wiser to choose a messenger who is fair and well trusted and conveys what you said.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“To be suspicious and make suspicious others is different from each other; the first one is that you create for yourself and the second one is that others create to divide good people from each other to get their evil desires. In both situations, you need to settle your wisdom on the right way to avoid harm and loss that can cause only you.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Suspicion, like superstition, is something fear-fueled - for the former is a sort of death, firing at the natural, while the latter is a life frozen by the supernatural.”
― Criss Jami

“Why the fuck are you naked?" he demanded.

"It's how I express my inner crea-tiv-it-ai," he said innocently. "I need to be free of clothes when I paint, it is my way, sir.”
― Caroline Peckham, Alpha Wolf

“It is prudent to be suspicious of Florida media releases.”
― Steven Magee

“I am suspicious of police officers due to the extensively documented corrupt activities they engage in with the general public.”
― Steven Magee

“Fortune favors the bold. If necessary, it eavesdrops on them.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“Jurian stalked over to Lucien amid the rising squabble, laughing under his breath, 'Do you know what Illyrian bastards do to pretty females? You won't have a mate left- at least not one that's useful to you in any way.'

Lucien's answering growl was nothing short of feral.

I spat at Jurian's feet. 'You can go to hell, you hideous prick.'

Tamlin's hands tightened at my shoulders. Lucien spun toward me and that metal eye whirred and narrowed. Centuries of cultivated reason clicked into place.

I was not panicking at my sisters being taken.

I said quietly, 'We will get her back.'

But Lucien was watching me warily. Too warily.

I said to Tamlin, 'Take me home.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I did it for you, too, you know.' Cold, hard words. 'I went with him to get you back.'

'I never realised what a powerful motivator guilt can be.'

'That day you- went away,' he said, struggling to avoid that other word- left. 'I beat Tamlin back to the manor- received the message when we were out on the border and raced here. But the only trace of you was that ring, melted between the stones of the parlour. I got rid of it a moment before Tam arrived home to see it.'

A probing, careful statement. Of the facts that pointed not toward abduction.

'They melted it off my finger,' I lied.

His throat bobbed, but he just shook his head, the sunlight leaking through the forest canopy setting the ember-red of his hair flickering.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“A police officer can follow me and I can video record them.”
― Steven Magee

“Now it's time to Sabotage”
― Cason Dick

“As I watched my mental and physical health rapidly decline during a decade of working in high altitude professional astronomy, I became suspicious about the toxicity of the jobs and left the field to protect my long term health.”
― Steven Magee

“When everything else in the world is an inexplicable disaster, someone behaving normally becomes suspect.”
― Thomm Quackenbush, The Road to Vent Haven

“To be suspicious and make suspicious others is different from each other; the first one is that you create for yourself, and the second one is that others create to divide good people from each other to get their evil desires. In both situations, you need to settle your wisdom in the right way to avoid harm and loss that can only harm you.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I think he’s just a really nice guy.”

“Uh-oh.” Eve chuckled, winding spaghetti around her fork. “It’s always the nice Alphas you have to be suspicious of—haven’t you heard?”
― Jane Washington, Plier