Michael Dibdin quotes
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“There can be no true friends without true enemies”
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“The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in.”
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“Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.”
-- Michael DibdinSource : Michael Dibdin (2008). “Ratking”, p.166, Faber & Faber
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“Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why they become criminals.”
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“You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget you.”
-- Michael DibdinSource : Michael Dibdin (2008). “Medusa”, p.187, Faber & Faber
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“What is true for a given person in a given situation is not necessarily true for that person in a different situation, or for another person in the same situation, and still less if both are different.”
-- Michael DibdinSource : Michael Dibdin (2011). “Cosi Fan Tutti”, p.147, Faber & Faber
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“Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night.”
-- Michael DibdinSource : Michael Dibdin (2008). “Medusa”, p.199, Faber & Faber
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“True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.”
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“A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.”
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“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.”
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“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”
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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
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