36 Hours Quotes

“helter-skelter.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Oh yeah, I know all about knots. Wikipedia sent me down a rabbit hole. Did you know that a knot is an intentional complication in cordage which may be practical or decorative or both?’ Stacey raised an eyebrow. ‘There are bends, loops, hitches, splices. A knot may also refer to a stopper or knob at the end of a rope to keep it from slipping through a grommet or eye. There is also an area of mathematics known as knot theory.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“The scrap business wasn’t for folks in shirts and ties. It should mean tee shirts, sweatshirts, oil-stained jeans and dirty fingernails. It was as though Dickie was trying to give it a legitimacy that it just didn’t need, and that made him seem disingenuous and not totally honest.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“In truth, she envied the camaraderie of the team she’d witnessed, even Stone’s place within it. There were no hearts or flowers with that woman, and she often forgot the basics of please and thank you, but food had continually arrived to fuel her colleagues, and Frost had caught the welfare checks. She had handled the minor breakdown of one of her team members with professionalism, firmness and genuine compassion that Frost had never seen out in the field. Despite the inspector’s brusque manner, her team both liked and respected her. There was no such sense of team in her own working environment. Everyone wanted the next big story, the most column inches, the most prominent byline. She’d never admit it to Stone, but she’d enjoyed the brief spell of being part of a team, working together for a common goal.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“I worked in a factory. I was a body. I clocked in and clocked out. I did nothing that I’ll be remembered for. No wife, no kids, nothing of me will carry on.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“He had never felt so stupid in his life. Normally he loved puzzles and logic and cryptic clues, but this guy was making him feel that he should never have been given his degree.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Then he’s just gonna have to whistle. I’ve done everything he asked; I’ve danced to his tune; I’ve probably lost my job, and it was all for nothing. A man still died, and I’m gonna be spending a long time wondering what I could have done to save his life. I’m not built for this shit.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“It was almost like being on the streets robbed him of his common sense and made him as vulnerable and trusting as a child.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Kim didn’t generally like to believe in stereotypes, but there was definitely some short-man energy about Barnaby Kett right now. She had no choice but to match it with some tall-girl energy of her own.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“I’m an entertainer,’ he said as though reading her thoughts. ‘I’m not gonna lie. I want subscribers to my channel. I want followers. I want sponsors. And I can only get what I want if I’m the best at what I do.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“I film myself out at night in the woods, by lakes, in dark scary places finding bones, blood pools, disfigured dolls, crucifixes, nooses.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Because he’s reckless, encouraging people to search dark woods, abandoned and sometimes unstable buildings, cemeteries in the middle of the night, setting clues in dangerous places. But Ryan won’t listen. He’s enjoying the subscription increase”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Those kids who didn’t invite me on their treasure hunts will recognise my name and know that I won. I made them look stupid, I made the police look stupid and I made the press look stupid.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours

“Ryan shook his head. ‘It’s more than a game. It’s a challenge; it’s an achievement. Once you’re invested, you push yourself to do the best you can.”
― Angela Marsons, 36 Hours