"With the crime novels, its delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. Its like having a fictitious family."

-- John Banville

#Book Quotes #Crime Quotes #Novel Quotes

“If you read to me I could tell you everything that was read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?”
“I am an affirmative action hire.”
“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”

Source : BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”
“The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.”
“The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme.”
“At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister had always got the education ever since David [Edward VIII] abdicated.”
“I was comfortable in all, I admit, but at the same time, nothing satisfied me. Each joy made me seek another.”
“The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.”

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