An Argumentation of Historians Quotes

“No, he’s made a very good point,’ said Bashford provocatively. ‘Women are just vessels, you know.’ ‘That’s very true,’ said Sykes, smiling angelically at him. ‘I myself am a seventeen-thousand-ton Dreadnought class battleship with enough firepower to destroy a medium-sized city.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“Dr Bairstow regarded him icily. ‘All my staff are handpicked.’ ‘That’s quite true, actually,’ said Markham, sunnily. ‘I’ve been handpicked many times. Mug shots. Police line-ups. ID parades. People are always pointing at me and shouting, “That’s him.”.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“Wow. In the silence that followed you could have heard a slipper-wearing mouse dance the fandango on a feather cushion.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“His problem is that he thinks he’s not measuring up to me. What he doesn’t see is that he doesn’t have to.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“Tell me, sir, when you first set up St Mary’s all those years ago – all that effort and expense – did you ever think it would be like this?’ He poured me a glass of something and pushed it across the desk. ‘Dr Maxwell, I expended a very great deal of money and effort to ensure that St Mary’s ended up exactly like this.’ I grinned and raised my glass. ‘Good job, sir.’ He inclined his head, graciously accepting his due. ‘Thank you, Dr Maxwell.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“The thing is, there’s a big patch of blood on the grass where we got Mikey out.’ ‘Then we need a number of serious casualties to account for all the blood.’ ‘And you will have them. Step forward, Mr Bashford.’ I said, ‘Tim …?’ ‘And Mr Swanson, sir, if you would be so good.’ ‘Tim, don’t tell me what you’re going to do.’ ‘Wasn’t going to,’ he said cheerfully. ‘Talk to you later.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“she was right. Halcombe would want his job back and she would almost certainly return to the thankless task of many women – that of being assistant to an idiot.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“We’d reached the point where everyone was trying to work out the difference between flammable and inflammable and the debate was vigorous because no one knew the answer”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians

“That’s very true,’ said Sykes, smiling angelically at him. ‘I myself am a seventeen-thousand-ton Dreadnought class battleship with enough firepower to destroy a medium-sized city.”
― Jodi Taylor, An Argumentation of Historians