Rebecca > Rebecca's Quotes

“Yes, Siobhan ?" Rebus said by way of an answer.
"Page wants you inside the tent rather than out."
"Is that even possible ?"
"You'd be acting in a consultative capicity."
"Like Sherlock Holmes ? Would I need invoices & stuff ? And a housekeeper and a sidekick ?”
― Ian Rankin, Even Dogs in the Wild

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.”
― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon

“The rich are different from you and me: they have more influence.”
― Paul Krugman

“The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly.”
― Ogden Nash

“Journeys end in lovers meeting”
― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

“We need to respect the dignity of people who identify as transgender, but without encouraging children to undergo experimental transition treatments, and without trampling on the needs and interests of others. And we need to acknowledge that taking our sexual embodiment seriously in public policy is not discriminatory.”
― Ryan T. Anderson, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment

“Raymond stood as though someone might have just opened a beach umbrella in his bowels.”
― Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate