“As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin. It was like deferring a long-promised… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if only he could summon up the mental resolve to begin.” — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“He'd no time for reports. He suspected that about 95% of the written word was never read by anyone anyway.” — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“Morse poured himself a can of beer. "Champagne's a lovely drink, but it makes you thirsty, doesn't it?” — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“Walters looked quizzically at Morse, who sat reading one of the glossy 'porno' magazines he had brought from upstairs. "You still sex-mad, I see,… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
I think that you've got to be prepared to write a load of nonsense to start with and then you can tart it up.… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
We read so much about incompetence and corruption in all sorts of places. I'm not just thinking of the United Kingdom and the United… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“It is strange to relate (for a man in his profession) that in addition to incurable acrophobia, arachnophobia, myophobia, and ornithophobia, Morse also suffered… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
I've not much faith in the future of the planet and I'm not just thinking about Mr. Bush or global warming. I feel that… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“Nothing quite like it in the whole history of music," announced Morse magisterially, after Brünnhilde had ridden into the flames and the waves of… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“As he lay abed on Sunday, 21 September, Morse was beset by the nagging feeling that there was so much to be done if… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
“you’ve never seen any evidence of drugs—any packets of drugs? Crack? Speed? Ecstasy? Anything? Anything at all?” Had she? “No,” she said. Almost truthfully.… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
