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The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6) QUOTES

The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6) QUOTES

1 " It would do her good to have some demons to fight, to be swung out in space and held over some bottomless pit now and then. "

― Josephine Tey , The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

2 " Wee Archie was wielding a shepherd's crook that, as Tommy remarked later, no shepherd would be found dead with, and he was wearing a kilt that no Highlander would dream of being found alive in. "

― Josephine Tey , The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

3 " That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight. "

― Josephine Tey , The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

4 " The quality of Scotchness was a highly concentrated essence, and should always be diluted. As an ingredient it was admirable; neat, it was as abominable as ammonia. "

― Josephine Tey , The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)

5 " Look, Tad, you're quite sure that you have no idea, even in the back of your mind, where Bill could have been staying?" "I haven't got a back to my mind. I have just a small, narrow space in front where I keep all that's useful to me. A few telephone numbers and a prayer or two. "

― Josephine Tey , The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant, #6)