Let It Bleed Quotes

“It’s all just policy to you, isn’t it?” Rebus said. “No right and wrong, legal and illegal, no fair and corrupt … just politics.” “Listen to yourself, man,” Sir Iain Hunter spat. “What are you, some Old Testament prophet? Who gives you the right to hold the scales?” He dug the tip of his umbrella into the ground,”
― Ian Rankin, Let It Bleed

“I wouldn't join you if you were coming apart at the seams.”
― Ian Rankin, Let It Bleed

“salmon was sliced thick, and had been sprinkled with lemon juice and pepper. He took a small nip of whisky when the hip-flask came round, then drank two mugs of strong tea. With all the games he felt were going on, he wanted to clear his head. He wasn’t sure if he was a player, a counter, or the die. He’d been shown one thing, though – the game was dangerous, at stake his professional career, which was everything he lived for. Practically every man present had it within his power to push Rebus off the playing-board and off the force. He started to get angry: angry with himself for coming; angry with Sir Iain Hunter – so smug, so manipulative – for bringing him here. Rebus knew now that he hadn’t just been brought here so he could be warned off. He”
― Ian Rankin, Let It Bleed