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The Dentist (DS Cross Mysteries, #1) The Dentist by Tim Sullivan
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“They were destined to live their lives leaving no discernible mark on anyone or anything.”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“religion in all its various forms was simply a man-made creation to provide the prospect of something further after death. It also seemed to be a way of building quite privileged, and financially profitable, institutions and a fantastic way of life for a few.”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“The place was a temple of insincerity, everything designed to achieve the holy grail – a sale”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“His Aspergic sense of strict logic inevitably led him to the conclusion that in probability – well, indeed, in all certainty, bar the fact that he had no solid proof either way and so it certainly wasn't something he felt comfortable applying to this situation – God didn't exist, and that religion in all its various forms was simply a man-made creation to provide the prospect of something further after death. It also seemed to be a way of building quite privileged, and financially profitable, institutions and a fantastic way of life for a few.”
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“It's an expensive business, dentistry.”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“Dentistry is a business. Calling it anything else is simple sophistry,”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“You can feel the froideur enveloping that family from over here,' observed Mackenzie.”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“It had always been the ambition to create and sell the business, making a small fortune for them all. They would sell to a larger group or a health insurance company which was now moving into the market.”
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“This was not uncommon in people with Asperger's. They had a need for approval. It was perhaps their way of ascertaining that their behaviour was at that moment acceptable, appreciated even.”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“profound inroad to their inner soul. For Cross this was absolute nonsense; it was just a physiognomic accident. All this girl had said was "Hi", and she was now waiting”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist
“turned up at both corners, which was a definite sign. He wasn't sure what it meant though, because he didn't know her. With people he knew he would note the”
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“call her just to bring him back to the office. He had a bike. Probably he just needed her there quickly. So she navigated her way there as fast as she could. Jessica showed her through to the office where Cross was sitting at the desk reading one of Leonard’s files. ‘I’m here,’ she said. He was beginning to find her habit of stating the unnecessarily obvious all the time irksome. ‘What do you need?’ she went on. He pointed at the archive boxes. ‘Those. To the office.’ He got up and began to take”
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“The young woman standing in front of him was smiling. Cross was”
Tim Sullivan, The Dentist