One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night Quotes

“St Michael’s RC secondary sat on a promontory overlooking the town of Auchenlea. The choice of site was an indirect consequence of a past mistake in vocational guidance, leading someone who had a pathological hatred of children into town planning, rather than the more traditional field of teaching.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“They say we all have a child within, but that didn’t necessarily mean some soul of innocence and lost dreams. Having borne two, Simone knew there was nothing more selfish in the world than a child, until that child is forced to learn that it must share the place with everyone else.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“McGregor had another look at each of the boats, as though he might have failed to notice the first time that one of them was actually fine. They remained consistently jiggered. Short of sticking one of the outboards up his arse, lying on his back and opening his legs, it looked like he was here for the duration.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“This was the moment you took your pleasure back to the shop and spent the refund on guilt.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“The success of Flyaway Holidays was propelled by his uncompromising belief in giving people what they wanted when they travelled abroad, viz: exactly the same things they got at home, but with better weather.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“The trickiest thing about not killing yourself is knowing that if one day you decide it was a mistake, then you’ll always be able to rectify it. Opting against suicide may be a choice for life, but it’s not for life.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“Your environment might help make you who you are, but what you do is all your own work.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

“People seldom appreciated just how vital and positive raw hatred could be.”
― Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night