Reginald Hill Quotes

#1. Meticulousness is the better part of serendipity.

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#2. Or an amicable pair," said Sam. "Sorry?" "In math, that's what we call two numbers each of which is equal to the sum of the divisors of the other. The smallest ones, 220 and 284, were regarded by the Pythagoreans as symbols of true friendship.

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#3. The pain of ignorance can end. The pain of knowledge is forever

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#4. So what to do? ... She shook her head impatiently. Choice is a largely delusional concept, her tutor used to say. Whether in politics, morals or shopping, we have far less than we imagine. In the end what we have to do often doesn't even figure on our list of pseudo-options.

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#5. Hope is a black beetle. Stamp on it hard as you liked, it still scuttled on

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#6. A politician's capacity to ignore contradictory evidence

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#7. Sorry?" said Dalziel turning. "What's that you said?"
He cupped a large hand to a proportionally large ear.
If the buggers get clever, he had once told Pascoe, pretend you can't hear. Then pretend you can't understand. Nothing's funny if it's repeated and explained.

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#8. Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.

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#9. Pace doesn't mean speed; it means the right speed. Diagnosis and cure are simple. If you've reached where you want to be in your story too quickly, ask yourself what you've left out. If you've come to a certain point too slowly, ask yourself what kept you so long.

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#10. His attitude to physical clues was rather like that of the modern Christian to miracles. They could happen, but probably not just at the moment.

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