Jay Stringer > Quotes

“You want them to give Batman counselling sessions?"
"It's genius. Just make Bruce Wayne get over his shit, then, presto, no more Batman. The baddies win by default.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“Her name was Senga. You have to love Glasgow; once everyone figured we had enough people named Agnes, they just reversed the letters and started again.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“Fuck-a-doodle-do.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“He walked round to the front door and pressed the buzzer for Mackie’s flat. It was easy to spot; it was the one with ‘fuck off’ written on the nameplate.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“Battered biker jacket over the top. That was just the right mix. It was like, Hey there, I want to look cute for you, but I'm still wearing a dead cow as armour, don't get ideas..”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“We ran both the courier service and a detective agency from the same office, and had phone apps for both. Basically, we're Uber for parcels and mysteries.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“el Dios de Israel no se conforma con estatuas de piedra ni monedas fabricadas; él tiene algo mucho más hermoso en mente. Dios crea a hombres y mujeres para revelar su gloria y mostrar al mundo entero todo lo que Él es.”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación

“El sexo es uno de los caminos fundamentales a través del cual hemos de descubrir el corazón de Dios.”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación

“I've tried so many different ways of meeting the right person. I assumed for years that the first step was to pretend I'm not a hit man.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“I take a look around the bar, trying to spot if any of my mates are here. This could be a wind-up, with any one of them waiting to jump out and laugh. Except that would entail me having friends.
This isn't a very sociable profession.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“I think I've decided, deep down, that killing people just isn't really a fun job.
High five?”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“El pecado es una oportunidad para ser amados en abundancia”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación

“This was all carrying the faintest whiff of Scientology. I wondered which level of the conspiracy I needed to be at before they told me about the giant lizards and taught me how to smile in a really suspicious way.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“It’s part of a series, they were all on display in the shop. This girl, she gets trains, has tattoos, kicks things, all sorts.’ ‘I don’t think it’s a series, Mum. They just call all books the same thing now.’ ‘Like”
― Jay Stringer, How To Kill Friends And Implicate People

“Then I think, fuck it, this bit of floor looks nice.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“Her name was Senga. You have to love Glasgow; once everyone figured we had enough people named Agnes, they just reversed the letters and started again. Hillcoat”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“I smiled. ‘I always say, coincidence can be a cruel thing.”
― Jay Stringer, How To Kill Friends And Implicate People

“I've killed two people, disposed of three bodies, and torched an apartment.
I think it's time to go visit my parents.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“I wanted to make at least an effort to impress, so I found my best suit, a Primark special that looked like it had been ironed by a blind man”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“Another problem to fix. I’ll add it to the list, right beneath the entry that says ‘everything’.”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“I gotta be honest with you, Joe. This isn't a really social job. We don't talk to each other much. We tried it once. A bunch of us all got together to have a party, maybe get to know each other better."
"What happened?"
I pause. Think how best to put it. "We accidentally triggered a civil war in Cambodia.”
― Jay Stringer, How to Kill Friends and Implicate People

“La paradoja del Evangelio es que nuestros fracasos no nos condenan, sino que nos conectan.”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación

“No, he didn’t come to me for a gun. I only said that because of you, thought maybe you’d want one, with being shot and everything.’
‘Why the fuck would I want a gun? Would you ask a man who’s just been bitten by a shark if he wants to buy a shark?”
― Jay Stringer, Ways to Die in Glasgow

“Dios crea a hombres y mujeres para revelar su gloria y mostrar al mundo entero todo lo que Él es.”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación

“¿Realmente podemos ser amados y deseados en lo más profundo de nuestros fracasos?”
― Jay Stringer, Indeseable: Cómo el quebrantamiento sexual nos revela el camino hacia la sanación