Dwindling Cow
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We just love language and want to share quotes that we find beautiful.
“If Moscow rules meant watch your back, London rules meant cover your arse…Nobody knew that better than Jackson Lamb. And nobody played it better than Di Tavener.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“If Moscow rules meant watch your back, London rules meant cover your arse…Nobody knew that better than Jackson Lamb. And nobody played it better than Di Tavener.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“Lamb took the stairs: quieter, more reliable, than a lift. Such caution was second nature. It was like pulling on an old coat.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #familiarity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #familiarity
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Lamb took the stairs: quieter, more reliable, than a lift. Such caution was second nature. It was like pulling on an old coat.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #familiarity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #familiarity
“There was a moment’s silence, during which Dan Hobbs could hear the remains of his career blowing like a tumbleweed down the corridors of Regents Park.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“There was a moment’s silence, during which Dan Hobbs could hear the remains of his career blowing like a tumbleweed down the corridors of Regents Park.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“Because once in a nun’s nightmare, one of them would turn out to be Jackson Lamb. And by the time you’d realised that, you’d lost your lunch, your boots and most of your teeth…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Because once in a nun’s nightmare, one of them would turn out to be Jackson Lamb. And by the time you’d realised that, you’d lost your lunch, your boots and most of your teeth…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“He supposed that should go in the account book somewhere, in the opposite column to the one where he’d stepped off a tube train without a disk, and his career had gone whistling away down the dark tunnel.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #slowhorses #writersky
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #slowhorses #writersky
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“He supposed that should go in the account book somewhere, in the opposite column to the one where he’d stepped off a tube train without a disk, and his career had gone whistling away down the dark tunnel.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #slowhorses #writersky
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #slowhorses #writersky
“In Central London, there’s almost as much city beneath the streets as above.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“In Central London, there’s almost as much city beneath the streets as above.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
“The house was on a terrace that had seen better days, most of them pre-war.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“The house was on a terrace that had seen better days, most of them pre-war.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #history
“London was a twenty-four-hour city, but only if you counted the things nobody wanted to do, like find a way home in the middle of the night…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“London was a twenty-four-hour city, but only if you counted the things nobody wanted to do, like find a way home in the middle of the night…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“Still talking, she set off down the towpath, and pretty soon was swallowed by the shadows.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #alliteration
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #alliteration
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“Still talking, she set off down the towpath, and pretty soon was swallowed by the shadows.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #alliteration
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #alliteration
“Down a quiet street in Islington — its front doors perched atop flights of stone steps; some with pillars standing sentry; some with Tiffany windows above...”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“Down a quiet street in Islington — its front doors perched atop flights of stone steps; some with pillars standing sentry; some with Tiffany windows above...”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“‘Do you know who I am?’
Jesus wept. Hobbs licked his teeth and prepared to unfold himself from his chair. ‘Don’t have the pleasure, sir.’”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
Jesus wept. Hobbs licked his teeth and prepared to unfold himself from his chair. ‘Don’t have the pleasure, sir.’”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
“‘Do you know who I am?’
Jesus wept. Hobbs licked his teeth and prepared to unfold himself from his chair. ‘Don’t have the pleasure, sir.’”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
Jesus wept. Hobbs licked his teeth and prepared to unfold himself from his chair. ‘Don’t have the pleasure, sir.’”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“Everyone wanted a life less ordinary. And only a tiny minority ever got it, and even they probably didn’t appreciate it much.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #ordinarylife
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #ordinarylife
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Everyone wanted a life less ordinary. And only a tiny minority ever got it, and even they probably didn’t appreciate it much.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #ordinarylife
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #ordinarylife
“That was Business Studies: something to fall back on if the career in stand-up crashed and burned.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #standup
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #standup
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“That was Business Studies: something to fall back on if the career in stand-up crashed and burned.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #standup
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity #standup
"It was almost surreal, though surreal wasn’t quite the word. Transcendental, that was it. He had achieved an inner peace, the like of which he’d never known.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"It was almost surreal, though surreal wasn’t quite the word. Transcendental, that was it. He had achieved an inner peace, the like of which he’d never known.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“And then he moved like smoke down the hallway and up the stairs, where he locked himself in the bathroom, and made a quiet call with a phone he shouldn’t have had.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“And then he moved like smoke down the hallway and up the stairs, where he locked himself in the bathroom, and made a quiet call with a phone he shouldn’t have had.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“The look she bestowed upon him would have stuck six inches out the back of a more sensitive man.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“The look she bestowed upon him would have stuck six inches out the back of a more sensitive man.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty #fiction #spynovel #BlueSkyWritingCommunity
“Unregarded, then, and off the leash, she lit a cigarette, and dragged a lungful of sweet poison into her system. Like most pleasures, this one diminished the more you indulged in it.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“Unregarded, then, and off the leash, she lit a cigarette, and dragged a lungful of sweet poison into her system. Like most pleasures, this one diminished the more you indulged in it.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #witty
“It wasn’t long after nine. A watery sunshine split over London; a hint of good weather to come, if you were in an optimistic mood.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #optimistic
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #optimistic
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
“It wasn’t long after nine. A watery sunshine split over London; a hint of good weather to come, if you were in an optimistic mood.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #optimistic
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #optimistic
“If River had inherited anything from the man sitting with him, it was this obstinate sense that you should see the course you’d chosen to its end.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #stubborn
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #stubborn
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“If River had inherited anything from the man sitting with him, it was this obstinate sense that you should see the course you’d chosen to its end.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #stubborn
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #stubborn
“To pass for real in the world of the web she’d had to forget everything she’d ever known about grammar, wit, spelling, manners and literary criticism.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“To pass for real in the world of the web she’d had to forget everything she’d ever known about grammar, wit, spelling, manners and literary criticism.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
“Half of the future is buried in the past.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit #wisdom #laguage
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit #wisdom #laguage
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“Half of the future is buried in the past.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit #wisdom #laguage
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit #wisdom #laguage
“The desk hid Lamb’s paunch, though hiding it wasn’t enough. Lamb could be behind a closed door, and his paunch would remain evident.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“The desk hid Lamb’s paunch, though hiding it wasn’t enough. Lamb could be behind a closed door, and his paunch would remain evident.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller #cold #witty #wit
“Which in a world of secrets and legends, was all it took to give a name to Jackson Lamb’s new kingdom; a place of yellows and greys, where once all was black and white.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Which in a world of secrets and legends, was all it took to give a name to Jackson Lamb’s new kingdom; a place of yellows and greys, where once all was black and white.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #fiction #thriller
“An empty milk bottle has stood in its shadow so long, city lichen has bonded it to the pavement.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity #fiction #thriller #espionagenovel #urban #urbandecay #Barbican
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity #fiction #thriller #espionagenovel #urban #urbandecay #Barbican
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“An empty milk bottle has stood in its shadow so long, city lichen has bonded it to the pavement.”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity #fiction #thriller #espionagenovel #urban #urbandecay #Barbican
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #London #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity #fiction #thriller #espionagenovel #urban #urbandecay #Barbican
“Stopping, he pretended to check his watch; a manoeuvre indistinguishable from actually checking his watch. Commuters washed round him like water round a rock…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #newbook #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #newbook #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“Stopping, he pretended to check his watch; a manoeuvre indistinguishable from actually checking his watch. Commuters washed round him like water round a rock…”
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #newbook #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity
From Slow Horses, a book by Mick Herron (2010)
#bookquotes #booksky #novel #spy #newbook #slowhorses #writersky #BlueskyWritingCommunity