An Island of Suspects Quotes

“Himmlische Dämpfe erfüllten den Raum. »Wussten Sie, dass sich das Kaffeearoma aus rund tausend verschiedenen Einzelaromen zusammensetzt? Wein bringt es gerade einmal auf vierhundert.« Dupin hatte es nicht gewusst oder, genauer: Er hatte es immer schon gewusst. Schließlich war er aus gutem Grund süchtig.”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, Bretonische Idylle

“humanity only ever lives on islands. We’re island creatures. Over two-thirds of the surface of our planet is water, and even the largest continent is, in truth, just an island.”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery

“Relationships between the people are close and numerous here. Everyone knows everyone, they’re friends, or related, and people pursue many different interests. That’s how it is.” The description could just as easily apply to the Camorra mafia.”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery

“Goulou is Celtic, it means ‘light.’ George Bernard Shaw called whisky ‘liquid sunlight.”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery

“Whisky belongs to us Celts like the sun does to life,”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery

“The sheep grazed on salty, iodine-rich meadows, full of wild herbs, directly by the ocean. “They season themselves while they’re eating,” as a Breton had once told him.”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery

“Neb a fell dezhañ ober fall, A gav un digarez pe un all. Those who want to do ill,
will always find an excuse —BRETON SAYING”
― Jean-Luc Bannalec, An Island of Suspects: A Brittany Mystery