Robert Rankin Quotes

• If there are no spots on a sugar cube then I’ve just put a dice in my tea.

  Robert Rankin

  Tea, Sugar, Cubes

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• What is believed to be a fact is only a fact until another fact supersedes it. Science is only a fashion. Nothing more.

  Robert Rankin

  Fashion, Facts

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• Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're actually simpler than you think them to be. Things are never as difficult and complicated as folk believe. You'd be surprised just how straightforward and obvious things really are. The secret is in knowing how to look at them the right way.

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  Believe, Thinking, Knowing

  Robert Rankin (2011). “The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse: Eddie Bear”, p.129, Hachette UK

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• I know that if I have been working on one paragraph and I have written it three times, it goes in the bin. Unless it comes straight out, it is wrong, it is awkward, it does not fit.

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  Writing, Awkward, Doe

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• Now, it's a fact well known to those who know it well that prophets of doom only attain popularity when they get the drinks in all around.

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  Facts, Drink, Popularity

  Robert Rankin (2011). “The Gollancz eBook Collection (eBook): Eight Fantastic Novels by Robert Rankin”, p.155, Hachette UK

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• As real as,' said Eddie. 'As real as what?' said Jack. 'Wish I knew,' said Eddie. 'But I can't do corroborative nouns. None of us are perfect, are we? I can get started. As big as, as obscene as, as foul as. But I can't get any further. But that's life for you again. As unfair as...

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  Real, Perfect, Wish

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• Everyone misbehaves,' said Eddie. 'That's nature. Everyone gets away with as much as they can get away with. And the more they can get away with, the more they will.

  Robert Rankin

  Said, Get Away

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• Only if I am going to die, I should prefer to die as I have lived, drunkenly.

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  Should, Dies, Ifs

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• It was joy, joy, happy joy. Happy, happy joy. A big fat smiley sun rose above the rooftops and beamed down its blessings onto the borough known as Brentford.

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  Blessing, Rose, Joy

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• Have you ever head this theory about drinking yourself sober?' Eddie asked. 'It's a very popular theory. Amongst drunks, anyway.

  Robert Rankin

  Drinking, Sober, Theory

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• Jack, get a grip of yourself.' I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not the kind of grip that you usually take of yourself in public.

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  Kind, Intimate

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• Oh dear,' said Eddie. 'We'd better hurry. Tinto, call me a cab.' All right,' said Tinto. 'You're a cab.

  Robert Rankin

  Said, Call Me, Dear

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• Because I'm a special gatekeeper. I'm the head gatekeeper. Because, although, as you can see, I'm only a head, I'm also the gatekeeper. Which makes me the head gatekeeper. Which makes me very special, don't you agree?

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  Special, Gatekeepers, Agree

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