Bookish

“In his shabby jeans Vos never thought of himself as old. Nor did most of those he met as far as he could work out. They seemed to treat him like an odd adolescent, trapped in amber in his houseboat, listening to old rock, visiting the nearby coffee shop for a smoke from time to time, lingering over beers in Drie Vaten.”
― David Hewson, The House of Dolls

“Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority.”
― Mick Herron, Joe Country

“It made little sense — the bad thing had already happened. Still, he felt as if he'd been diagnosed with a condition that was serious and complicated, but about which he remembered nothing.”
― Mick Herron, Joe Country

“Several people warned me about taking on this role, you know. They seemed to think that there were easier ways of securing a seat in the Lords.”
― Mick Herron, Joe Country