115 Quotes by Val McDermid

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    He looked so vulnerable and fallible, his shoulders slumped, his head down, that Carol’s impulses overrode the decision she’d taken only minutes before to play it cool. She stepped forward and pulled Tony into a tight hug. ‘If anyone can do it, you can,’ she whispered against his chin like a cat marking its territory.

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    No. It’s no the same. The interviewers want you to say what they want to hear. I want to hear what you have to say.

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    It was a lot easier to be optimistic about equality when you didn’t have to confront the Neanderthals on a daily basis. When you could imagine that people were actually changing their minds because they’d stopped groping secretaries at the photocopier.

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    It had seemed a good idea at the time to order the furniture for her new home online from a chain retailer.

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    You can’t prove a negative. I can’t prove there are no such thing as vampires any more than you can prove you’re not a lesbian.

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    You know, I’ve often wondered. It’s pretty clear what they were up to in Sodom, but what do you suppose the sin of Gomorrah was?′ Carol asked.

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    The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it.

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    They think of policemen as they do of Labradors – noble, loyal, good with children, man’s protector and friend. In.

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    The nurse looked surprised. ‘You’re a bit high on the totem pole to be taking statements.’ Carol debated momentarily how to describe her relationship with Tony. ‘Colleague’ was insufficient, ‘landlord’ somehow misleading and ‘friend’ both more and less than the truth. She shrugged. ‘He feeds my cat.

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