Buchan Quotes

“Take those three squares in the bottom left-hand corner, for example, the ones that add up to eight. You see them?’ Buchan nodded. ‘You can’t repeat a number, so there are two ways to add up to eight in three boxes. One-two-five, or one-three-four. Either way, it has one in it, so now we know the number one can’t be in any of the other boxes out of that larger square of nine. And so we begin.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan

“He was forty-seven, he was lonely and still in love with his ex-wife, he was happy to die being lonely and still in love with his ex-wife.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan

“And then he was going to go to the bar and drink, and he was going to wallow in the sadness of his own making, then he was going to go home and try not to fall asleep on the sofa, Edelman’s head in his lap.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan

“He stood in the centre of the room, tasting the quiet.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan

“Something about the church being like Star Wars? I was trying to remember it today when I was talking to Father McKenzie, but I clean forgot.’ Buchan downed his drink, then placed the glass firmly on the table. There was nothing for him here, nothing good to come from sitting any longer. ‘They both look great,’ said Buchan. ‘The CGI on Star Wars, the colour palettes, the scope and the scale of the worlds they create, is extraordinary. Just like the Church looks great. So many wonderful buildings, so much jaw-dropping architecture and art. And the music too. Star Wars music, it’s epic. Some of the best, most iconic film music there is. And there’s tonnes, I mean, tonnes of great religious music, from, I don’t know, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen to Arvo Pärt’s Deer’s Cry, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Everything in between. But then we get to the message, the dialogue, the script, the story... And they’re both shit.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan

“For the first two months Buchan had called the cat, Cat. ‘Hey, Cat,’ he’d say. Every day he left the windows open, thinking the cat would leave. The cat never left.”
― Douglas Lindsay, Buchan