[About a tiresome colleague]: He could bore for Scotland.

Ian Rankin


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It was the laughter of birthdays, of money found in an old pocket.

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: kindlehighlight



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Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin.

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: witches folklore



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Christ on a bike, Tony …

Ian Rankin


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...trapped in limbo, believing in a lack of belief, but not necessarily lacking the belief to believe.

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: belief believing



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There are worse forms of prostitution than whoring.
-Inspector John Rebus

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: life



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Chialer, c'était bon quand on perdait au foot, qu'on vous racontait des histoires d'animaux héroïques, ou en entendant "Flower of Scotland" après l'heure de fermeture.

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: scotland animal chanson



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I am reading Ian Rankins book Doors Open and am enjoying his dark Edinburgh narrative will rate soon once I have read it. I am also a fan of Jane Austen and have visited her Museum House in Chawton, Hampshire every year for the last three years. My Favourite book is Sense and Sensibility.

Ian Rankin


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My father was a slave to capitalist ideology. He didn't know what he was doing."
"You mean you went to an expensive school?

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: education college capitalism university



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He wondered what percentage of the world's art was actually kept in bank vaults and the like. Like unread books and unplayed music, did it matter that art went unseen?

Ian Rankin

Stichwörter: art hidden-riches



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