Edinburgh Twilight (Ian Hamilton Mysteries #1)

by Carole Lawrence

“And you—are you a believer?” “The whole question strikes me as irrelevant.” “What about the existence of good and evil?” “I don’t see why God should enter into it. If you are being virtuous only to enter into heaven and avoid damnation, then aren’t you just thinking of yourself?”

“Sometimes being clever makes it more difficult to be happy.”

Self-pity began to flower in his breast; through force of habit, he immediately converted it into anger, a far more acceptable emotion.