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> [“They asked me how I would be paying and I told them that if past experience was anything to go by probably with my life and the thin girl with the thick spectacles reached deep into her soul for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/they-asked-me-how-i-would-be-paying-and-i-told-them-that-if-past/)

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## More by Colin Bateman

> [If you dwell in the darkness, you can see in the dark and look into the light. But in choosing the darkness, you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/if-you-dwell-in-the-darkness-you-can-see-in-the-dark-and-look-into/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Serial Killer Week got off to an inauspicious start when the opening wine and bean evening was invaded by a former prisoner who misinterpreted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/serial-killer-week-got-off-to-an-inauspicious-start-when-the-opening/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by actually being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/he-had-started-out-the-way-nearly-all-writers-do-and-i-d-seen-it-a/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Books are precious things and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/books-are-precious-things-and-cannot-be-selected-like-tinned-peas-in/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Bookselling is like prostitution, you sell your wares, you close your eyes, and you never fall in love with the clients. You also keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/bookselling-is-like-prostitution-you-sell-your-wares-you-close-your/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“They asked me how I would be paying and I told them that if past experience was anything to go by probably with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/they-asked-me-how-i-would-be-paying-and-i-told-them-that-if-past/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Coffee is coffee to me, I don't mind what country it comes from, who picks it or under what conditions, and I really don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/coffee-is-coffee-to-me-i-don-t-mind-what-country-it-comes-from-who/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Also, I have a mornid fear of rates, and mice, and nettles and wasps and jagged cans and rotting food and damp newspapers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/also-i-have-a-mornid-fear-of-rates-and-mice-and-nettles-and-wasps-and/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“He was the type of man women said they hated, they absolutely hated, they absolutely and categorically hated, and then they went to bed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/he-was-the-type-of-man-women-said-they-hated-they-absolutely-hated/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“Anything with the word 'Tesco' or 'Weight Watchers' on the label should be viewed with some suspicion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/anything-with-the-word-tesco-or-weight-watchers-on-the-label-should/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

> [“By pressing our faces against the wire we could clearly see, nestling amongst torn bin liners, a red-splashed pot of discarded paint. I immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/by-pressing-our-faces-against-the-wire-we-could-clearly-see-nestling/)

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> [“I then swept the crumbs into my palm and opened one of the empty drawers and poured them in. I was working on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/i-then-swept-the-crumbs-into-my-palm-and-opened-one-of-the-empty/)

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> [“Alison was snoring gently, and I was thinking about what would happen if I pinched her nose. And covered her mouth. The head is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/alison-was-snoring-gently-and-i-was-thinking-about-what-would-happen/)

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