64 Quotes by Iris Johansen

Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

Hatred can eat at you until there's nothing left, until you become the thing you hate.

Nothing is more complicated than sex. Nor anything so beautifully simple.

Silence & smile are two powerful tools. Smile is the way to solve many problems & Silence is the way to avoid many problems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

Hatred can eat at you until there’s nothing left, until you become the thing you hate.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense.

I can’t be easy. It’s not my nature. But it’s my nature to love you.

In the end, we all have to decide what we’re willing to give up for payback. We all have parents or grandparents or children who will need us. Agonizing decisions sometimes. You have to weigh the memories and debt against what’s being taken from you.