Michael Dibdin quotes

“There can be no true friends without true enemies”
-- Michael Dibdin

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from Feb 12, 2012

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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.”
-- Michael Dibdin

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from Nov 27, 2011

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“Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.”
-- Michael Dibdin

Source : 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.”
-- Michael Dibdin

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from May 17, 2012

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“You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget you.”
-- Michael Dibdin

Source : 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 Dibdin

Source : 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 Dibdin

Source : 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.”

“A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back.”

“True friendship is an unconditional, unselfish, reciprocal service not by lips, but heart to never let its in-built trust to ever fall apart.”

“The best part about having true friends is that you can go months without seeing them and they'll still be there for you and act as if you'd never left!”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.”

“My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.”

“Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.”

“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”

“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”

“A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.”