Death Is Now My Neighbor Quotes

“Those who are absent, by its means become present: correspondence is the consolation of life. —VOLTAIRE, Philosophical Dictionary”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“He poured himself a good measure of Glenfiddich; and shortly thereafter fell deeply asleep in the chair for more than two hours. Bliss.”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“Facing the media is more difficult than bathing a leper. —MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“Hombre apercebido medio combatido
(A man well prepared has already half fought the battle). —CERVANTES, Don Quixote”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“Do you know, I think I saw that on the back of a matchbox in a pub in Grimsby. I’ve learned quite a lot in life from the back of matchboxes.”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards (Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack)”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“Prosōpagnoia (n.): the failure of any person to recognize the face of any other person, howsoever recently the aforementioned persons may have mingled in each other’s company (Small’s Enlarged English Dictionary, 13th Edition, 1806)”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor

“I’ve ordered Janáček, the Glagolitic Mass—you may not know it. Splendid work—beautifully recorded by Simon Rattle. And Richard Strauss, Four Last Songs—Jessye Norman. I’ve got several recordings by other sopranos, of course.”
― Colin Dexter, Death Is Now My Neighbor