Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood Quotes

“Clutter, either mental or physical, is the sign of a healthy curiosity.”
― Christopher Fowler, The Memory of Blood

“The true mark of English conversation is not being able to tell when you've been insulted. I think the more sophisticated society becomes, the more it hides behind the masks it manufactures.”
― Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood

“The gap between rich and poor was not just one of wealth but of accountability.”
― Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood

“gap between rich and poor was not just one of wealth but of accountability”
― Christopher Fowler, The Memory of Blood

“Mr May, you reach a certain age when you don’t have enemies any more, just people who find you mildly annoying.”
― Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood

“Artifice and reality, he thought, examining the photographs and drawings, they combine more easily than we realise. TV shows pretend to offer realism but they hide as much as they show. Fiction, on the other hand, can contain fundamental human truths. And sometimes it’s possible to step back and forth between these two worlds just by opening the correct door, by finding the key that will unlock mysteries. So much of London is masked; unspoken rules protect the privileged, unseen codes hide the guilty. What a crafty lot we are!”
― Christopher Fowler, The Memory of Blood

“She's out of her depth, pretty as porcelain and a lot more fragile.”
― Christopher Fowler, Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood