James Runcie

“All he knew was that sometimes a man had to be grateful for normality, that a story could end less dramatically, and…

— James Runcie

“He believed that the secret of happiness was to concentrate on things outside oneself. Introspection and self-awareness were the enemies of contentment,…

— James Runcie

There is only one religion - it is a way a man dies.

— James Runcie

“So much of life was about noticing things, he thought. It was about observation.”

— James Runcie

“I always remember those who gave me the benefit of the doubt. I think I was more shamed by them than those…

— James Runcie

“Singing is the sound of the soul.”

— James Runcie

“That's the wonder of jazz, Mary," Johnny explained. "There's no right way and there's no order.”

— James Runcie

“I think we’ve lost our awareness of what “wonder” really means: the more we content ourselves with the narrow confines of our…

— James Runcie

“to photograph promise, and the moment before full beauty. Then you have expectation; drama.”

— James Runcie

“he had taken her for granted or been too preoccupied to see her. He”

— James Runcie

Body is a home, a prison and a grave.

— James Runcie

“That’s the ABC of crime investigation, Sidney. Assume nothing. Believe nobody. Check everything. And there’s also D – for dosh. It always…

— James Runcie

“to find stillness in the middle of movement.”

— James Runcie

“Here Sidney sat, with the ham sandwich and flask of tea that Mrs Maguire had prepared, and let thoughts come to him.…

— James Runcie

“We can’t live in a country where there is one law for the rich and another for the poor.”

— James Runcie

“how much a person was defined by geography, and how much by upbringing, education, profession, faith and choice of friends. ‘How much…

— James Runcie

“I think we’ve lost our awareness of what “wonder” really means:”

— James Runcie