6 Quotes by Reginald Hill

His attitude to physical clues was rather like that of the modern Christian to miracles. They could happen, but probably not just at the moment.

Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

So what to do? . . . She shook her head impatiently. Choice is a largely delusional concept, her tutor used to say. Whether in politics, morals or shopping, we have far less than we imagine. In the end what we have to do often doesn't even figure on our list of pseudo-options.

Pace doesn’t mean speed; it means the right speed. Diagnosis and cure are simple. If you’ve reached where you want to be in your story too quickly, ask yourself what you’ve left out. If you’ve come to a certain point too slowly, ask yourself what kept you so long.

The pain of ignorance can end. The pain of knowledge is forever.

Hope is a black beetle. Stamp on it hard as you liked, it still scuttled on.