"The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a multitude of linked characters, strands, themes and red herrings - and you need to try to control these unruly elements and weave them into a pattern."

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Source : Robyn Davidson (2012). “Tracks”, p.254, A&C Black

Ian Rankin

#Character Quotes #Trying Quotes #Needs Quotes

“There are intangible qualities of companies that you pour your heart into that are impossible to purchase. And itâ€™s really special when you create a company that provides that. Nothing tops the feeling of being a part of that.”
“The Nazi regime intended eventually to destroy Christianity in Germany, if it could, and substitute the old paganism of the early Germanic gods and the new paganism of the Nazi extremists.”

Source : William L. Shirer, Ron Rosenbaum (2011). “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany”, p.240, Simon and Schuster
“Even if individual researchers are prone to falling in love with their own theories, the broader process of peer review and institutionalized skepticism are designed to ensure that, eventually, the best ideas prevail.”

Source : "The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2011.
“Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.”
“The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.”
“I started working out, doing a formal workout right around 1980. That's when I really decided I needed to get in shape and it may have been because you just start to see a decrease - a change in your body.”
“But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before: though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where.”
“I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.”

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