Bolteskov Quotes & Sayings

After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a spin-off Roman Mystery Scrolls series, I thought it was time I moved to new historical pastures. — Caroline Lawrence

It is often thought that medicine is the curative process. It is no such thing; medicine is the surgery of functions, as surgery proper is that of limbs and organs. Neither can do anything but remove obstructions; neither can cure; nature alone cures. Surgery removes the bullet out of the limb, which is an obstruction to cure, but nature heals the wound. So it is with medicine; the function of an organ becomes obstructed; medicine so far as we know, assists nature to remove the obstruction, but does nothing more. And what nursing has to do in either case, is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him. — Florence Nightingale

Trina stared into her open kitchen cabinets. She was two and a half days into her pre-date-night ritual fast, and she was about to crack. Technically, she wasn't going out on a date Saturday night, but Juliet was determined to have a man in her bed by the end of the evening. To be honest, Trina wasn't really looking forward to tomorrow night's manhunt. Sure, she was desperate for some hot monkey sex, but the thought of a one-night-stand was quickly losing its appeal. She wanted more than just plain, old sex. She wanted romance
preferably with someone for whom she didn't have to fast for three days to attract. — Lucie Simone

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement. — George Steiner

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful. — Brene Brown

TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are interpreting your work. With a novel, you only have ink, words and your reader. — Howard Gordon

Kuwei turned to Jesper. "You should visit me in Ravka. We could learn to use our powers together."
"How about I push you in the canal and we see if you know how to swim?" Wylan said with a very passable imitation of Kaz's glare.
Jesper shrugged. "I've heard he's one of the richest men in Ketterdam. I wouldn't cross him. — Leigh Bardugo

But how could she explain that their crude idea of love didn't seem satisfying, and a good-looking husband wasn't all she wanted in life? — Melanie Dickerson

Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had. — Ben Mendelsohn

The painter needs all the talent of the poet, plus hand-eye coordination. — Robert Breault

What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one. — Albert Einstein

The fact is that most crime novels contain a good many punchlines. They are just rather darker than the ones you might hear in a comedy club. — Mark Billingham

Let's not be too rough on our own ignorance, it's what makes America great. — Frank Zappa