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Quotes About Hislop

Meanwhile, until the snow comes, we had better keep Master Chancellor and his party entertained.' 'Tartar women?' said Fergie helpfully. 'Danny Hislop …' 'Healthy physical exercise,' said Lymond tartly.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
And Hislop?' said Lymond softly. 'Don't sound so aggrieved. There are no rewards, celestial or mundane, for the best display of pure, bloody inquisitiveness.' Which drove Ludovic d'Harcourt to a deduction, five minutes later, as Daniel Hislop marched into his room. 'Let me make a guess. He is awake.' 'He's awake. The honeymoon,' said Danny, 'is over.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
There was a little silence. Then Danny Hislop heaved a sigh. 'O beau sire Dieu, what a hell of an evening. Jerott, you either want to have another half-bottle, or vomit three ways what you have, like the Rosault.' In five months the professionals Hislop and Blyth had reached an understanding.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
Lancelot Plummer had expected to undertake this survey with Adam, but had been foiled calmly in passing by Lymond. 'Ah, no. One aesthete and one philistine are what we require.' There could have been few philistines, thought Plummer acidly, as insistently common as Hislop.
~ Dorothy Dunnett
left cheek bore the clear impression of two
~ Unknown
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
~ Ian Hislop