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1 " And little girls went to charm schools. Now you've all got degrees from the University of Sarcasm. "
― Ian Rankin , Set in Darkness (Inspector Rebus, #11)
2 " Bad-mouthing everyone else is such a simple option. "
3 " Woodwork creaks and out come the freaks, eh? "
4 " Acknowledgements Reading Group Notes Timeline About the Author By Ian Rankin Copyright Serendipity. According to the dictionary, it means the ability to make ‘happy chance finds’. Serendip was the old name for Ceylon. Horace Walpole is credited with coining the term, after the fairy tale ‘The Three Princes of Serendip’, whose titular heroes were always stumbling across things they weren’t looking for. "
5 " Rebus nodded his understanding. The Murder Room was quiet when he reached it. Roy Frazer was reading a paper. “Finished with this?” Rebus asked, picking up another. Frazer nodded. “Chicken phal,” Rebus explained, rubbing his stomach. “Hold all my calls and let everyone know the shunkie’s off-limits.” Frazer nodded and smiled. Saturday morning on the bog with the paper: everyone had done it at one time. "
6 " 1446, that's when the foundations were laid. It took forty years to complete.""Sounds like some builders I know," Rebus said."Can't you feel it?" Sithing was staring at Rebus. "Right at the core of your cynical heart, can't you feel something?""It's just indigestion, thanks for asking." Rebus rubbed his chest. "
