Inspector Rebus Quotes

#1. Inspector Rebus is a great character, so when the opportunity came up to revive the role for 'BBC Children in Need,' and really have a bit of fun with it, I was happy to take part.

Ken Stott

#2. I think sometimes I am not a woman, but the light that falls on this gate, on this ground. I am the seasons, I think sometimes, January, May, November; the mud, the mist, the dawn.

Virginia Woolf

#3. Bottles of wine aren't like paintings. At some point you have to consume them. The object in life is to die with no bottles of wine in your cellar. To drink your last bottle of wine and go to sleep that night and not wake up.

Jay McInerney

#4. When one is pretending, the entire body revolts.

Anais Nin

#5. It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.

Robert Breault

#6. There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring.
-Inspector John Rebus

Ian Rankin

#7. The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams come true. The leader does not say, "Get going!" Instead he says, "Let's go!" and leads the way. He does not walk behind with a whip; he is out in front with a banner.

Wilferd Peterson

#8. If I said I wouldn't toss him out of my bed for eating crackers, would you leave me alone? (Grace)
Maybe. What else wouldn't you toss him out of bed for? (Selena)
Eating greasy grimy gopher guts? (Grace)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#9. Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

John Taylor Gatto

#10. You must love anything you must do. Do it not only cheerfully, but also lovingly and the very best way you know how. That love of the work which you must do anyhow will vitalize your body and keep you from fatigue.

Walter Russell

#11. Jesper couldn't keep the disdain from his voice. "Only Nina and Matthias speak Fjerdan."
"I speak Fjerdan," Wylan protested.
"Schoolroom Fjerdan, right? I bet you speak Fjerdan about as well as I speak moose."
"Moose is probably your native tongue," mumbled Wylan.

Leigh Bardugo

#12. I don't live for the stage. I don't live for an audience.

David Bowie