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Fred Vargas Quotes

I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is.

I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is.

Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas (2006). “The Three Evangelists”, Harvill Press

The world of fantasy fills the gaps in people's knowledge.

Fred Vargas
People, World, Gaps
Fred Vargas (2014). “This Night's Foul Work”, p.208, Random House

in extreme circumstances I think embarrassment is a luxury.

Fred Vargas
Thinking, Luxury, Embarrassment

ADAMSBERG WAS NOT A MAN WHO WENT IN FOR EMOTION: he skirted around strong feelings with caution, like swifts who only brush past windows with their wings, never going in, because they know it will be difficult to get out. He had often found dead birds in the village houses back home, imprudent visitors who had ventured inside and never again found their way back to the open air. Adamsberg considered that when it came to love, humans were no wiser than birds.

Fred Vargas
Love, Strong, Home
"An Uncertain Place". Book by Fred Vargas, 2008.

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