John Dean > Quotes

“As [William] Valentiner noted in his uncompleted memoirs Remembering Artists, [Diego] Rivera’s [Detroit Industry] murals rooted the Detroit Institute of Arts to the many-faceted jewel of its central court because of the harmonious, fertile relationship between "the industrialist" and "the artist." Rivera remarked to Valentiner how especially struck he was that "Edsel had none of the characteristics of the exploiting capitalist, that he had the simplicity and directness of a workman in his won factories and was like one of the best of them." Their relationship was like the murals themselves, a superb expression of pluralism, toleration, and empathy for the other, and of a cosmopolitan sense of all the Americas, not just of the United States of America or Detroit alone.”
― John Dean

“to”
― John Dean, Detective Jack Harris Books 1-9

“bars”
― John Dean, The DCI Jack Harris Murder Mysteries Books 1-3

“sceptical”
― John Dean, Detective Jack Harris Books 1-9

“A murderer cannot complain of the mess he makes just because it’s gruesome.”
― John Dean, House of Evil

“It is a rotten world, artful politicians are its bane. Its saving grace is the artfulness of the young and the wonders of the sky.” ~ John Dean

“Tired, you bet.” ~ John Dean”
― John Dean

“hollow voice. The ramifications of her words were already playing out in his mind and none of them were good. ‘How”
― John Dean, Error of Judgement

“the”
― John Dean, Murder in the Pennines

“And this is where he comes. The place where he finds peace. The place where his demons cease their chatter. The place where he is at one with his world. At least for a few snatched hours.”
― John Dean, Dead Hill

“Books were also a lifesaver when he came back to live in the valley, occupying his evenings during the long winter months when night came early and the wild gales howled and shrieked outside.”
― John Dean, Detective Jack Harris Books 1-9

“discussing facts or culpability in the matter because the convictions are still on appeal. But I have been repeatedly asked why Sylvia did not just simply run away. I would suggest that by the time Sylvia told her sister she knew she was dying, she had reached profound apathy”
― John Dean, House of Evil