“You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent we are.”
―
Ian Rankin,
Blood Hunt
“Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin.” ― Ian Rankin, The Flood
“It was the laughter of birthdays, of money found in an old pocket.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“His eyes beheld beauty not in reality but in the printed word. Standing in the waiting-room, he realized that in his life he had accepted secondary experience -- the experience of reading someone else's thoughts -- over real life. ” ― Ian Rankin, Knots & Crosses
“It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.” ― Ian Rankin, Exit Music
“This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.” ― Ian Rankin, Blood Hunt
“Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to that. ” ― Ian Rankin, Beggars Banquet
“There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring.-Inspector John Rebus” ― Ian Rankin, Strip Jack
“My father was a slave to capitalist ideology. He didn't know what he was doing.""You mean you went to an expensive school?” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland.” ― Ian Rankin, The Complaints
“...trapped in limbo, believing in a lack of belief, but not necessarily lacking the belief to believe.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“He wondered what percentage of the world's art was actually kept in bank vaults and the like. Like unread books and unplayed music, did it matter that art went unseen?” ― Ian Rankin
“Rebus reminded himself to stop praying. Perhaps if he stopped praying, God would take the hint and stop being such a bastard to one of his few believers on this near-godforsaken planet.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“Rebus drank his coffee and felt his head spin. He was feeling like the detective in a cheap thriller, and wished that he could turn to the last page and stop all his confusion, all the death and the madness and the spinning in his ears.” ― Ian Rankin
“War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.” ― Ian Rankin, Blood Hunt
“He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predictable punchline.” ― Ian Rankin Doors Open
“It’s easier if you do a handstand,’ commented Rebus. ‘What is?’ ‘Talking out of your arse.” ― Ian Rankin, The Black Book
“Was it all inevitable, John?" Reeve was pushing his fingers across the floor of the cell, seated on his haunches. I was lying on the mattress.Yes," I said. "I think it was. Certainly, it's written that way. The end of the book is there before the beginning's hardly started.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots & Crosses
“I've just worked out what the music on the speakers is," he said. "It's John Martyn, Over The Hill.""And ?""And nothing. It's just, maybe I'm not there yet.” ― Ian Rankin, Rather Be the Devil
“Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin.” ― Ian Rankin, The Flood
“It was the laughter of birthdays, of money found in an old pocket.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“His eyes beheld beauty not in reality but in the printed word. Standing in the waiting-room, he realized that in his life he had accepted secondary experience -- the experience of reading someone else's thoughts -- over real life. ” ― Ian Rankin, Knots & Crosses
“It seemed to him a very Edinburgh thing. Welcoming, but not very.” ― Ian Rankin, Exit Music
“This man had something to hide, some shame in his past, and those with a past can always be bought.” ― Ian Rankin, Blood Hunt
“Rebus was eating breakfast in the canteen and wishing there was more caffeine in the coffee, or more coffee in the coffee come to that. ” ― Ian Rankin, Beggars Banquet
“There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring.-Inspector John Rebus” ― Ian Rankin, Strip Jack
“My father was a slave to capitalist ideology. He didn't know what he was doing.""You mean you went to an expensive school?” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland.” ― Ian Rankin, The Complaints
“...trapped in limbo, believing in a lack of belief, but not necessarily lacking the belief to believe.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“He wondered what percentage of the world's art was actually kept in bank vaults and the like. Like unread books and unplayed music, did it matter that art went unseen?” ― Ian Rankin
“Rebus reminded himself to stop praying. Perhaps if he stopped praying, God would take the hint and stop being such a bastard to one of his few believers on this near-godforsaken planet.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots and Crosses
“Rebus drank his coffee and felt his head spin. He was feeling like the detective in a cheap thriller, and wished that he could turn to the last page and stop all his confusion, all the death and the madness and the spinning in his ears.” ― Ian Rankin
“War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.” ― Ian Rankin, Blood Hunt
“He had perfected the art of looking interested, and could grasp in surprise at any and every predictable punchline.” ― Ian Rankin Doors Open
“It’s easier if you do a handstand,’ commented Rebus. ‘What is?’ ‘Talking out of your arse.” ― Ian Rankin, The Black Book
“Was it all inevitable, John?" Reeve was pushing his fingers across the floor of the cell, seated on his haunches. I was lying on the mattress.Yes," I said. "I think it was. Certainly, it's written that way. The end of the book is there before the beginning's hardly started.” ― Ian Rankin, Knots & Crosses
“I've just worked out what the music on the speakers is," he said. "It's John Martyn, Over The Hill.""And ?""And nothing. It's just, maybe I'm not there yet.” ― Ian Rankin, Rather Be the Devil
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