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A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23) QUOTES

A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23) QUOTES

1 " Here’s to all the songs and all their singers, in times of darkness and times of light. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

2 " question they couldn’t answer as yet. What mattered to them "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

3 " Do you ever drink any of the cups of tea that get made for you?’ Rebus asked, gesturing towards the still-full mug. ‘Don’t really like the stuff,’ Creasey admitted. ‘But people do seem to enjoy making it. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

4 " latest notebook – he filled dozens of "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

5 " He wasn’t management, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t skilled. Quite the opposite, in Rebus’s experience. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

6 " Scoular’s firm, with an injection of Saudi money, is pitching to build a golf resort up north, on land owned by Lord Strathy. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

7 " He was in his twenties and lived in a caravan behind the pub, which he shared with his tattoos and facial piercings. ‘The room you’re in is his by rights,’ Collins had explained to Rebus, ‘but he’d rather be where he is. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

8 " Pretty much. "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

9 " hoped was "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

10 " The two movers did not require tea – they seemed to work on a supply of fizzy drinks and vaping. Besides which, they were almost done. She heard "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)

11 " Here’s tae us,’ Cameron said. ‘Wha’s like us?’ Collins added. ‘Might just leave it there,’ Rebus said, unwilling to finish the toast. But the words echoed in his head anyway. Gey few, and they’re aw deid … "

― Ian Rankin , A Song for the Dark Times (Inspector Rebus #23)