The Falls (Inspector Rebus #12) QUOTES

1 " Places changing and people with them, dreams shifting ever further beyond reach. "

― Ian Rankin , The Falls (Inspector Rebus #12)

3 " There’s an insult buried in there somewhere, but I can’t quite see it. "

― Ian Rankin , The Falls (Inspector Rebus #12)

5 " At the time, most bodies worked on by anatomists were cold indeed. They were brought to Edinburgh from all over Britain -- some came by way of the Union Canal. The resurrectionists -- body-snatchers -- pickled them in whisky for transportation. It was a lucrative trade."

"But did the whisky get drunk afterwards?"

Devlin chuckled. "Economics would dictate that it did. "

― Ian Rankin , The Falls (Inspector Rebus #12)

7 " Rebus nodded and made to follow, his gaze drifting to an engraved invitation on the marble mantelpiece. It was from the Royal College of Surgeons, something to do with a dinner at Surgeons’ Hall. ‘Black/white tie and decorations’ it said along the bottom. The only decorations he had were in a box in his hall cupboard. They went up every Christmas, if he could be bothered. "

― Ian Rankin , The Falls (Inspector Rebus #12)