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1 " The whiskey kicked like a mugger. "
― Ken Bruen , Blitz (Inspector Brant, #4)
2 " In London, I tended to hang with the fallen. "
― Ken Bruen , The Killing of the Tinkers (Jack Taylor, #2)
3 " Straley, Gary Phillips, Jim Nesbitt, Brian McGilloway, Adrian McKinty, Tony Black. Vinny said, ‘Nice list. "
― Ken Bruen , The Devil (Jack Taylor, #8)
4 " So why don't we have a go? There are two of us.'Little Mike realized that his friend was actually serious. 'Two of us? Father Hillary had God Almighty helping out, and look where it got him.''I know. But we're a team. For years, since primary. Batman and Robin.''Robin got killed,' said Mike.Christy was shocked. 'He did not, did he? Jesus, I didn't hear about that.''Yeah. It was a big shock. The Joker kilt him.''That fuckin' Joker. I didn't see that coming.' ("Taking on PJ") "
― Ken Bruen , Dublin Noir
5 " Roberts knocked, heard: ‘Enter.’ Thought: ‘Wanker. "
― Ken Bruen , A White Arrest (Inspector Brant, #1)
6 " There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it. "
7 " The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer. "
― Ken Bruen
8 " I get through some print. "
― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)
9 " It’s said the difference between one friend and none is infinity. "
10 " Your life is in some bizarre state when priests are throwing abuse at you on the street. "
― Ken Bruen , The Magdalen Martyrs (Jack Taylor, #3)
11 " I've always been a reader; no matter what else I've lost, I hung on to that. "
12 " -it's life... In all its granite hardness. "
― Ken Bruen , Taming The Alien (Inspector Brant, #2)
13 " Books. I needed to ground myself and nothing, not even the Jay, quite does it like books. I don't always have the focus to read them but I sure do need them around "
14 " Hemingway had a handy dictum. You want to know if something is morally right? Listen to your stomach. If it sits like broken glass, then it’s morally wrong. "
15 " He looked old, like a stranger. He was someone else, someone whom he could easily hate. (Tom Pitts, Piggyback) "
― Ken Bruen , Green Hell (Jack Taylor, #11)
16 " And so evil flourishes and spreads because decent people don't want to make a fuss. "
17 " I didn't know what to say. Said 'I don't know what to say. "
18 " I had me one sharp knife, a throwback to my glory days of the swans, and it’s sharp as a nun on her second sherry. "
19 " He missed two people: a) the girl she was; b) the person she’d made him feel he might have been. A deep sigh escaped him. "
20 " The national sport in Ireland, apart from talking, is hurling. "
― Ken Bruen , The McDead (Inspector Brant, #3)
