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Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1) QUOTES

Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1) QUOTES

1 " Singing is the sound of the soul. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

2 " Passion is such a stronge emotion that it dominates everything. It's like a strong spice in a meal, or a dominant red in a painting. Your senses are drawn to it at the expense of everything else. Dominic and I were not physical friends, so to speak. But I did love him. We can't help loving the people we do, can we? But the love doesn't have to be physical. You can be equally intimate. It doesn't matter. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

3 " love can be about more than attraction. I sometimes think it is more a question of sanctuary, a case of unassailable friendship. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

4 " Introspection and self-awareness were the enemies of contentment, "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

5 " Autumn was his favourite time of year, not simply for its changing colours but for the crispness in the air and the sharpness of the light. As the leaves fell the landscape revealed itself, like a painting being cleaned or a building being renewed. He could see the underlying shape of things. This was what he wanted, he decided: moments of clarity and silence. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

6 " He had never taken such dislike to a man before and immediately felt guilty about it. He remembered his old tutor at theological college telling him, ‘There is something in each of us that cannot be naturally loved. We need to remember this about ourselves when we think of others. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

7 " Do you know that line of Kierkegaard’s, Canon Chambers? “There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys: they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked the sum out for themselves.”  "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

8 " First you get a dog, and then you develop a taste for wine. God knows what might happen next. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

9 " Sometimes, I think, we are not always aware of how much we have to live with what we have done in the past. We can’t predict how these things will affect us. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

10 " They are to resist evil, support the weak, defend the poor, and intercede for all in need.” My job is to do the right thing. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

11 " He liked washing up; the simple act of cleanliness had immediately visible results. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

12 " What a mess people make of their lives,’ he thought. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

13 " Sometimes,’ he observed, ‘things can be rather too clear. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

14 " Sidney remembered how strikingly original the poem was. For George Herbert, the time we spend on earth is not all too brief and transient but too long: because it detains human beings from a life outside time and with God. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

15 " That's the wonder of jazz, Mary," Johnny explained. "There's no right way and there's no order. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

16 " Creía que el secreto de la felicidad consistía en concentrarse en lo que uno tenía a su alrededor"
-Sidney Chambers and the shadow of death "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

17 " I don’t mean religious faith. I mean faith in our own abilities. We have to do the best we can with the talents we have, Geordie. The future is too unpredictable for anxiety. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

18 " There is always a future for our deepest loves. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

19 " Sidney had never been very good at differentiating between tasks that were urgent and those which were important, and often those tasks that seemed urgent, but were not important, took precedence over the duties that were important, but not urgent. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)

20 " Loyalty should be at the heart of friendship, don’t you think?’ ‘I don’t think it counts for much without it. It’s a question of trust. "

― James Runcie , Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death (The Grantchester Mysteries #1)