Top 53 Jodi Taylor Quotes
#1. When we stopped being the hunters and became the hunted. We
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#2. Even a bucket can be a weapon if it's wielded with malicious intent.
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#3. In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiring underneath over-decorated tea-cosies and with inadequate footwear.
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#4. Everyone needs rules. After all, how can you break what doesn't exist? Rules give anarchy something to aim at
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#5. The only talents he possessed were delusions of adequacy.
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#6. If this was one of those books, there would now be three pages of head-banging sex. The reality was that he pulled me close, whispered, 'Mfhbnnntx,' and I pulled his arm over me like a cover and muttered, 'Trout,' and that was pretty much it.
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#7. It's all very well having these emotional moments, but eventually after two cups of tea, someone has to go to the bathroom.
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#8. Mr Markham, the box marked "Sex" is not an invitation. Please amend the details and apologise to Mrs Partridge.
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#9. We wrote our reports and sent them off to Dr Bairstow, who presented himself punctually at 0930 every morning to stare at us. It was beyond his nature to smile and encourage, so we could only assume he was there to intimidate any lingering
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#10. I made you,' I said darkly. 'I can break you.' He snorted. And
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#11. I'm the world's lightest sleeper. On a bad day, I can make Lady Macbeth look like a raging narcoleptic.
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#12. Beautiful books, full of knowledge and beauty and ideas. All lost, thanks to a mad monk who, in the end, became a little too mad even for the church he served.
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#13. Strangely, I found the conclusion quite liberating. When you're fucked, you're fucked. Things really can't get much worse. With
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#14. Markham even had our banners ready. The polite NON AD CAPITAGIUM (No to the poll tax), the hopeful MAGIS STIPENDIUM HISTORICI (More money for historians) and the always accurate POLICITI NOSTRAE OMNEC WANKERS SUNT (Most politicians are not very good).
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#15. He had fallen for Cal like a sperm-whale failing to clear the Grand Canyon on a bicycle.
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#16. All bosses are interchangeable. The only difference is how they like their tea.
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#17. Some things were above my pay grade. Actually, there were things that slithered on their bellies that were higher than my pay grade.
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#18. Despite the Cooper/Hofstadter papers on the subject,
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#19. Jenny, I'm so sorry. I think I may have encouraged you to marry a madman.' 'Yes, we're going to be discussing this later. Oh.
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#20. I'm not a surgeon.' 'You don't have to be. You're an engineer. That's almost the same thing.' 'Your ignorance is frightening.
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#21. I suspect the Universe is making damned sure we don't get the chance to contaminate other planets with our stupidity. It's keeping us on this one where the only thing we can damage is each other.
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#23. Dr Maxwell. Why are you wearing a red snake in my office?' 'Sorry, sir. Whose office should I be wearing it in?
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#24. I avoided Thomas Hardy because everyone should, and anyway, I was depressed enough.
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#26. There would be a crafts tent and a small local farmers' market for anyone who wanted to buy a small local farmer.
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#27. To look away when something terrible is happening does not mean that the terrible thing ceases to happen. Someone
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#28. Ah well,' he said, jovially. 'As Joan of Arc probably said: "Build a girl a fire and she's warm for a few minutes. Set a girl on fire and she's warm for the rest of her life."' I
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#29. She picked up a slice of Victoria Sponge, broke it into large pieces and tossed them in their direction. I hadn't had any yet, and could not suppress a small whimper. 'It's for science, Director,' she said. 'We must all make sacrifices.
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#30. Whether Henry was a royal trendsetter or it was practical under their helmets, I didn't know. I certainly couldn't think of any other reason for having the most hideous hairstyle in a History that includes Donald Trump.
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#31. The screaming redoubled. You put dinosaurs and people together, you always get screaming.
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#32. There should be medals struck for men who produce tea at exactly the moment it's needed.
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#33. Loss of appetite is one of the first symptoms. When your body hasn't a clue what's going on, it tends to shut down in self-defence.
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#34. Yes, yes, I did. I did this. I locked my pod. He couldn't get to safety.
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#35. Partridge was pretending not to lurk near the stairs. 'The body's under the desk,' I said as I passed, just to give her something to worry about.
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#36. IT, that goes for you too. Any difficulties, tell me, so I can stare at you, baffled and confused.
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#37. I know the whole world isn't really out to get me. I'm pretty sure Switzerland is neutral.
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#38. I certainly wasn't where I should be and it would be the cautious, the sensible thing to do. But, for God's sake, I was an historian and cautious and sensible were things that happened to other people. I
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#39. Helen, in a white coat and stethoscope, effortlessly achieving the sort of discipline for which lesser women would require black leather and a hunting crop, indicated we should form a line. Being St Mary's, we formed several clumps and a rhomboid.
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#40. The whole thing is completely weird, unbelievable, and impossible. On the other hand, I travel through time for a living, so don't talk to me about weird, unbelievable, or impossible. Really,
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#41. I heard the Boss murmur, 'I sometimes wonder what goes on in that kitchen,' and we continued with the briefing.
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#42. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
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#43. Are you sexually active?' 'No. I usually just lie back and think of the Spartans.
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#44. The Society for the Protection of Historical Buildings was the official body whose task it was to oversee repairs and maintenance to our beloved but battered listed building. We had them on speed-dial. They had us on their black list.
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#45. I ever retire, I'm going to buy a house in the centre of town somewhere and name it Sea View, just to give people something to worry about.
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#46. When a man could no longer pay his debts, the soldiers would seize the tabletop he would be using to display his wares (banco) and break it (rotta). Hence, bankruptcy.
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#47. Rules give anarchy something to aim at. Points
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#48. I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, or something safe and sensible. But no, I had to be an historian.
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#49. But mostly we're fairly light-hearted because we have to be. People die here, and if we ever stopped and thought carefully about what we do, then we might not do it at all. If
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#51. Exchange between Leon and Max:
"I just want you to tell me you love me sometimes."
"Yes, you see I can't do that." He turned his head away. "I love you all the time.
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#52. What chest?' I said, because everyone knows if you ignore persistent, throbbing pain then it goes away. Like toothache. And small children. And overdrafts.
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#53. He paused and looked me up and down. 'Could you kill a man?' I looked him up and down. 'Eventually.
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