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Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5) QUOTES

Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5) QUOTES

1 " Her anger was a memory now. She didn't believe in bearing grudges.
She believed in killing them where they lay. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

2 " She didn’t believe in bearing grudges. She believed in killing them where they lay. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

3 " So few women made it to the top of the tree and for every one of them who understood the importance of solidarity, there was one ready with an axe to chop any other contender off at the knees. It wasn’t just lonely at the top. Sometimes it was lonely all the way from the ground up. She held her arms out at her sides and gave her hands and wrists a good shake. The physical action made her feel as if she’d shucked off the encounter with the Dog Biscuit. She knew it wasn’t that simple and that it would return to plague her later, but for now, she’d parked those complicated emotions. She was an investigator; time she did some investigating. Jason was out in the field trying to track down camper van records from 1995. The least she could do was try to come at the case from a different angle. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

4 " Right now, there are far more descendants of the Scottish diaspora scattered around the world than there are living in Scotland. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

5 " My body’s a temple to a different god from hers. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

6 " Once you lose touch, it’s easy for it to stay lost. "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

7 " Art is always an exchange, like love, whose giving and taking can be a complex and wounding matter, according to Michelangelo. Ali Smith, Artful "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)

8 " to do with the map. Still, better safe than sorry. He stuck the map and the letter back into the envelope and put it in his inside pocket. A quick reconnaissance revealed the cottage had a back door leading to a tiny yard which in turn gave on to a narrow lane that led back towards the river. Far less chance of being spotted than if he went out the front door. In less than a minute, he was walking along the bank of the Coquet, a man with nothing more on his mind than a riverside stroll on a pleasant morning. Nobody would have guessed how bitter was his disappointment. 50 2018 – Edinburgh "

― Val McDermid , Broken Ground (Inspector Karen Pirie, #5)