Quotes by Catherine Aird

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Novelist · English · 1930–2024

English novelist (1930–2024)

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“If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”

“If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”

“If ... you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”

“If ... you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”

“Though,' observed Sloan profoundly, 'where there's a will there's usually a relative.”

“Sloane wasn't interested. As a police officer he was concerned with crime, not punishment.”

Common Themes

role models humor crime police-officer punishment law detective luck

“Sloane wasn't interested. As a police officer he was concerned with crime, not punishment.”
— Catherine Aird, The Religious Body
crime humor police-officer punishment

“He did his best to explain this to Inspector Sloan afterwards. 'A funny feeling, sir.' 'Yes?' Funny feelings were not encouraged at Berebury Police Station.”
— Catherine Aird, Parting Breath
crime humor police-officer

“Though,' observed Sloan profoundly, 'where there's a will there's usually a relative.”
— Catherine Aird, Passing Strange
humor law

“If there was one thing which Sloan had learned over the years it was that you should never underestimate the element of luck in detective work.”
— Catherine Aird
detective luck

“If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
— Catherine Aird
role models

“If ... you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
— Catherine Aird
role models

“If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
— Catherine Aird
role models

“If ... you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
— Catherine Aird
role models