Author: Val McDermid

Cites

• T. S. Eliot (2)
  • IN: The Mermaids Singing (1995) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
    FROM: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, (1915), Poem, UK
  • IN: Fever of the Bone (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: No contact possible to flesh Allayed the fever of the bone
    FROM: Whispers of Immortality, (1919), Poem, UK
• George Eliot (1)
  • IN: The Retribution (2007) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Nemesis is lame; but she is of colossal stature, like the gods, and sometimes, while her sword is not yet unsheathed, she stretches out her huge left arm and grasps her victim. The mighty hand is invisible, but the victim totters under the dire clutch.
    FROM: Scenes of Clerical Life, (1857), Book, UK
• Oprah Winfrey (1)
  • IN: The Vanishing Point (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: If you come to fame not knowing who you are, it will define you.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US
• Gearoid Tuathail (1)
  • IN: The Skeleton Road (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Geography is about power. Although often assumed to be innocent, the geography of the world is not a product of nature but a product of histories of struggle between competing authorities over the power to organise, occupy and administer space.
    FROM: Critical Geopolitics, (1996), Book, Ireland
• David Russell (1)
  • IN: Cross and Burn (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, UK
• Robin Robertson (1)
  • IN: Cross and Burn (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: But you're not here, now, to lead me back To bed. None of you are. Look at the snow, I said, to whoever might be near. I'm cold, Would you hold me. Hold me. Let me go.
    FROM: Hammersmith Winter, (2008), Poem, UK
• Jackie Kay (1)
  • IN: Trick of the Dark (2010) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I had been told about her. How she would always, always. How she would never, never. I'd watched and listened But I still fell for her, How she always, always. How she never, never.
    FROM: "Her", (None), Poem, UK
• Thomas De Quincey (1)
  • IN: Insidious Intent (2017) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: A black scene of columny will be laid open; but you, Doctor, will make all things square again.
    FROM: On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts, (1827), Essay, NULL
• Nadezha Mandelstam (1)
  • IN: Splinter the Silence (2015) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.
    FROM: Hope Against Hope, (None), NULL, NULL
• Audre Lorde (1)
  • IN: Splinter the Silence (2015) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL