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There can be no true friends without true enemies

There can be no true friends without true enemies

Michael Dibdin
Inspirational, True Friend, Enemy
FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from Feb 12, 2012

Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night.

Michael Dibdin
Night, Thinking, People
Michael Dibdin (2008). “Medusa”, p.199, Faber & Faber

Criminals have the same aspirations as everyone else. That's why they become criminals.

Michael Dibdin
Criminals, Aspiration
FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from May 17, 2012

What is true for a given person in a given situation is not necessarily true for that person in a different situation, or for another person in the same situation, and still less if both are different.

Michael Dibdin
Different, Given, Situation
Michael Dibdin (2011). “Cosi Fan Tutti”, p.147, Faber & Faber

The mainstream has lost its way. Crime fiction is an objective, realistic genre because it's about the real world, real bodies really being killed by somebody. And this involves the investigator in trying to understand the society that the person lived in.

Michael Dibdin
Real, Trying, Fiction
FaceBook post by Michael Dibdin from Nov 27, 2011

Imagine living in a country where the cops are all people who're cut out for the job.

Michael Dibdin
Country, Jobs, Cutting
Michael Dibdin (2008). “Ratking”, p.166, Faber & Faber

You may forget your childhood, but your childhood does not forget you.

Michael Dibdin
Childhood, Doe, May
Michael Dibdin (2008). “Medusa”, p.187, Faber & Faber

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