Gallows View Quotes

“The memories were there, but the string of time that linked them like a pearl necklace was broken.”
― Peter Robinson, Gallows View

“I think it's true that at least one of the reasons for the rise in sex crimes is the increase in stimulation — and that includes fashion, pornography, advertising, films, TV, the lot.'

'And who determines women's fashions?'

'Mostly men, I should imagine.'

'That's right. You dress us the way you want us, you create us in the image you desire, and then you have the gall to accuse us of asking for it.”
― Peter Robinson, Gallows View

“The woman didn’t close her curtains?’ Banks commented. ‘Surely that was asking for it in a way?’ Jenny shot him a cold glance. ‘We’ve already been through that.’ ‘And I did say that women should be careful not to appear to be inviting men to sex.”
― Peter Robinson, Gallows View

“Something piqued his curiosity and he wanted to know more. There was no order to it, neither in his mind nor in his filing system. He would plunge into a subject with cavalier disregard for its chronological development. And”
― Peter Robinson, Gallows View