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“But people who fundamentally change are rare, in my experience, because it's bloody hard work compared to going on a march or waving a flag. Have we met a single person on this case who's radically different to the person they were forty years ago?"
"I don't know . . . I think I've changed," said Robin, then felt embarrassed to have said it out loud.
Strike looked at her without smiling for the space it took him to chew and swallow a chip, then said,
"Yeah. But you're exceptional, aren't you?”
― Troubled Blood
"I don't know . . . I think I've changed," said Robin, then felt embarrassed to have said it out loud.
Strike looked at her without smiling for the space it took him to chew and swallow a chip, then said,
"Yeah. But you're exceptional, aren't you?”
― Troubled Blood
“But as I’m not going around killing people I don’t like, I don’t think there’s much wrong with admitting some people contribute more to the world than others.’ ‘So you don’t subscribe to “any man’s death diminishes me”?’ said Robin. ‘I wouldn’t feel remotely diminished by the deaths of some of the bastards I’ve met.”
― The Ink Black Heart
― The Ink Black Heart
“I was in therapy for a bit. Now I do CBT exercises.” “Do you, though?” Strike asked mildly. “Because I bought vegetarian bacon a week ago, but it’s not making me any healthier, just sitting there in the fridge.”
― Lethal White
― Lethal White
“I believe two different kinds of will can exist at the same time in one person. Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm”
― Lethal White
― Lethal White
“She’s not big on achievements either: she says so on her tumblr page. Feeling guilty about not achieving stuff is the result of internalised capitalism, apparently.’ ‘Seriously?’ ‘Oh yeah. You never been to a communist country? Everyone lies on sofas all day while trained poodles bring them cake.”
― The Ink Black Heart
― The Ink Black Heart
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