The Devil's Grin Quotes

“They were a well-mixed bunch of men whose mental sharpness ranged from that of a butter knife to an overripe plum.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“knowledge and fact meant nothing to people who were subjected to an adequate dose of fear and prejudice.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“All the organs went into separate bowls, leaving me panting and sweating. My physique was not ideal for a dissection, or, rather, I did not have the figure of a butcher. By now, my apron had taken on the function of a hothouse, and my hands inside my gloves felt like slippery fish.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“We stared at the vegetation for a moment, and I wondered whether the loss of a wife or child had burned the haggard and bluish look of cholera death into his memory. A few years before I was born, the water from a public pump on Broad Street had killed more than six hundred people, marking the end of London’s last cholera epidemic. A cesspit had been dug too close to the public pump, allowing the disease to spread quickly. As soon as both pump and cesspit were shut down, the epidemic ceased.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“All of a sudden, my silly heart left my chest to live in his from that day forward. I wondered whether he noticed the additional weight.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“One of the first things I learned as an adult was that knowledge and fact meant nothing to people who were subjected to an adequate dose of fear and prejudice.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“knowledge and fact meant nothing to people who were subjected to an adequate dose of fear and prejudice. This simple-mindedness was the most disturbing”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“H: "It is about time you got to know me." He stood there, unmoving with superiority pouring out of every pore. He was a good actor.
A: " How curious" I said sofly, gazing up into his face. There are only inches between us now. "I had the impression that I knew you inside and out. I thought I could touch your soul." I dipped my fingertips into his shirt, there where the heartbeat was.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“Tell me Mr. Holmes, Did you play Vivaldi because you did not know how to produce the lies so that I would believe it or because you had a problem lying to me?”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“He smiled a lot. It was the grin of an angler fish — always on display, showing a lot of teeth and a bait-like something hanging just in front of the death trap.”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“imagine…’ I shook my head. ‘The place is enormous and well”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“Hampton Water Treatment Works”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin

“lost: greenery, fresh air and once in a while a glimpse of the river that still had the ability to reflect sunlight. Once the Thames entered the city it turned into the dirtiest stretch of moving water in the whole of England. Crawling through London it became saturated with cadavers from each of the many species populating the city, including”
― Annelie Wendeberg, The Devil's Grin