Black and Blue Quotes

“Chialer, c'était bon quand on perdait au foot, qu'on vous racontait des histoires d'animaux héroïques, ou en entendant "Flower of Scotland" après l'heure de fermeture.”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“Groynes divided the mostly sandy beach into neat compartments.”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“when the shit was heading fanwards.”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“If it were a peg, you couldn’t hang a fucking hankie on it, never mind your coat.”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“Sky glowing dull pink. Simmer dim, as the Shetlanders called”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“Down Where the Drunkards Roll.” “How”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue

“Evil was almost …. it was almost child-like: naïve, simplistic. A game you played and then woke up from, only to find it wasn’t pretend. The real-life monsters weren’t grotesque: they were quiet men and women, people you passed on the street and didn’t notice.”
― Ian Rankin, Black and Blue