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Will Thomas QUOTES

1 " Her hair was pulled back so severely, it would have won approval from the Spanish Inquisition as a method of torture. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

2 " To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

3 " Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

4 " I'm thinking that, collectively, men are only slightly more observant than mollusks. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

5 " Everyone who writes in the sub-genre of Victorian mystery stands in [Sir Arthur Conan] Doyle's shadow. "

― Will Thomas

6 " There is nothing he enjoys so much as a good walk, which he calls “the most social of exercises. "

― Will Thomas , Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn, #7)

7 " Barker believes that all poets should have the decency to be dead at least a century or two. I feel the same way about politicians. "

― Will Thomas , Fatal Enquiry (Barker & Llewelyn, #6)

8 " A Bible-quoting group of killers. I don't like it," Barker rumbled, his chin buried in his coat. "Murder and faith make nasty bedfellows. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

9 " There’s no fear when you’re having fun. "

― Will Thomas

10 " A Welshman is always glad to add to his private store of tales. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

11 " Rather large crowd," I whispered to my employer. "I thought he had no family."

"The fact that he had no family is why the crowd is so large," Barker explained patiently. "It means that the entire community becomes his family. Also, the Jews have great respect for the teachers of their children. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

12 " It seems strange to find a Baptist such as yourself so well acquainted with Jewish customs," I said.

"Yes, well, knowledge is a good thing. If the Bible says that the Jews are His chosen people, we ought to take it seriously. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

13 " Prayer?" I asked.

"Of course. If you're not connected to the source of all knowledge, you're no better than a telephone when one of these lines is down." He gestured with his stick at the wires above our heads. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

14 " I find that a high in one area of my life often produces a low in another "

― Will Thomas , Dance with Death (Barker & Llewelyn #12)

15 " It’s strange what goes through one’s mind during a dangerous situation. In a moment, the fellow could be gutting our clerk and then my employer would be sure to shoot the man dead, but all I could do was stare in fascination at the officer’s mustache. It was a deep, fiery red, waxed in the shape of a “W,” and it quivered when he shouted. "

― Will Thomas , The Hellfire Conspiracy (Barker & Llewelyn, #4)

16 " That was my best hat and it was attached to my best head. "

― Will Thomas , Dance with Death (Barker & Llewelyn #12)

17 " So the Jews are still the chosen people?" I asked, somewhat doubtfully.

"If you are a Christian, you must believe it so, because the Bible never contradicts it. A blood covenant is eternal. God never changes. I know it's more congenial to think we [non Jews] are the chosen people, but one can't build a strong biblical case for it. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

18 " Are you private, or are you in fact working for Scotland Yard?” “Neither. I am a social investigator.” “I see,” I said, though to be frank, I didn’t. “I don’t suppose that pays very well.” “Nothing at all, actually, but it’s very important. That’s why I am working in the East End. I wish to know why the greatest empire in history cannot feed, clothe, or shelter many of its people. I wonder why the mistakes and attitudes of one generation are doomed to be repeated in the next and why the arrival of a people with a rich and ancient culture such as the Jews inspires fear and loathing among an otherwise sensible people. "

― Will Thomas , The Hellfire Conspiracy (Barker & Llewelyn, #4)

19 " People don't read their Bibles. They hire pastors to preach to them. And some pastors will preach total nonsense if it will tickle the congregations' ears enough to open their purses...

And they'll defend the delusions... indoctrinated in them to the death. "

― Will Thomas , Some Danger Involved (Barker & Llewelyn, #1)

20 " Some find the institution of marriage to be a form of tyranny not unlike slavery. Most of us at the Charity Organization Society feel that way. We do not need a man to become whole individuals. We are scholars and freethinkers, Mr. Llewelyn. We refuse to be put on a pedestal but instead hope to help bring about social change. "

― Will Thomas , The Hellfire Conspiracy (Barker & Llewelyn, #4)