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Val McDermid
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“... he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.”
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“Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.”
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“We started with a platter of mixed meats, most of which looked and tasted like they'd made their getaway from the local cobbler.”
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“No woman is a heroine to her dentist.”
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“There is a god, and she likes me.”
Val McDermid, Scottish writer, journalist
(1955)