Tim Sullivan > Quotes

“He wore a strong aftershave that came into a room before him, announced itself loudly, then refused to leave.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Monk

“the only thing worse than an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didn’t commit, is the fact that the real culprit is still walking around free,”
― Tim Sullivan, The Monk

“They were destined to live their lives leaving no discernible mark on anyone or anything.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“did you?’ asked Cross. ‘Of course,’ answered Withey slightly”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“About the frequency of your presence at crime scenes or your ability to perform your job properly?’ asked Cross.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“Dentistry is a business. Calling it anything else is simple sophistry,”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“never felt the need to volunteer an immediate opinion at a scene, as many of her colleagues did, to prove to everyone that she knew what she was doing.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“The place was a temple of insincerity, everything designed to achieve the holy grail – a sale”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“About the frequency of your presence at crime scenes or your ability to perform your job properly”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“call her just to bring him back to the office. He had a bike. Probably he just needed her there quickly. So she navigated her way there as fast as she could. Jessica showed her through to the office where Cross was sitting at the desk reading one of Leonard’s files. ‘I’m here,’ she said. He was beginning to find her habit of stating the unnecessarily obvious all the time irksome. ‘What do you need?’ she went on. He pointed at the archive boxes. ‘Those. To the office.’ He got up and began to take”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“You can feel the froideur enveloping that family from over here,' observed Mackenzie.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“The young woman standing in front of him was smiling. Cross was”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“profound inroad to their inner soul. For Cross this was absolute nonsense; it was just a physiognomic accident. All this girl had said was "Hi", and she was now waiting”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“George”
― Tim Sullivan, The Bookseller

“It's an expensive business, dentistry.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“turned up at both corners, which was a definite sign. He wasn't sure what it meant though, because he didn't know her. With people he knew he would note the”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“Their voices rose as one to the vaulted ceiling, which then distributed the sound into every corner of the church like a divine Dolby surround sound system.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Monk

“May I ask why not?’ ‘You may,’ he said and duly waited for her to do so. ‘Why not?’ she asked finally.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“The woman has OCD,’ Tom laughed. ‘Really?’ asked Cross. ‘No, I don’t. He just thinks he’s being funny,’ she said.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“religion in all its various forms was simply a man-made creation to provide the prospect of something further after death. It also seemed to be a way of building quite privileged, and financially profitable, institutions and a fantastic way of life for a few.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“entered the bothy,”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“It begs the question why bother having children if you’re going to send them away and have someone else bring them up?”
― Tim Sullivan, The Lost Boys

“The room itself had the sweet aroma of a thousand smoked pipes, also evidenced by the brown patina on the walls. The nicotine had given it a stain like a paint finish that many a fashionable interior designer might have been proud of.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“His Aspergic sense of strict logic inevitably led him to the conclusion that in probability – well, indeed, in all certainty, bar the fact that he had no solid proof either way and so it certainly wasn't something he felt comfortable applying to this situation – God didn't exist, and that religion in all its various forms was simply a man-made creation to provide the prospect of something further after death. It also seemed to be a way of building quite privileged, and financially profitable, institutions and a fantastic way of life for a few.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“Virtual life – life on a smartphone – seemed so much more important than actual life these days.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Cyclist

“He wouldn’t take any money either. Told me to put his wages in the collection box at the church.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Teacher

“It had always been the ambition to create and sell the business, making a small fortune for them all. They would sell to a larger group or a health insurance company which was now moving into the market.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist

“and interrupted whatever was actually going on in "real life"?”
― Tim Sullivan, The Cyclist

“This was not uncommon in people with Asperger's. They had a need for approval. It was perhaps their way of ascertaining that their behaviour was at that moment acceptable, appreciated even.”
― Tim Sullivan, The Dentist