A Presumption of Death Quotes

“But when those great words roll over us—man that is born of a woman hath but a short time; all flesh is as grass; the places where he was known shall see him no more—I always want to rush off and drink champagne, or dance all night, or hear an opera.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, A Presumption of Death

“Where there’s a will there’s relations. Misquoted from the Book of Proverbs”
― Jill Paton Walsh, A Presumption of Death

“She loved the sound of the piano being played in another room, the sense of the house shared with music.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, A Presumption of Death

“We all know pretty well that something we value is threatened, but when we try to say what, we’re left with a bunch of big words like justice, freedom, honour, truth and so on, that embarrass us, because they’ve been misused so often they sound like platform claptrap.”
― Jill Paton Walsh, A Presumption of Death

“Detective stories contain a dream of justice. They project a vision of a world in which wrongs are righted, and villains are betrayed by clues they did not know they were leaving. A world in which murderers are caught and hanged, and innocent victims are avenged, and future murder is deterred.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, A Presumption of Death