“ The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more. Sara Sheridan
“ From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solid… Ian Rankin
“ An exaltation of spirit lifted me, as it were, far above the earth and the sinful creatures crawling on its surface; and I deemed myself as an eagle among the children of men, soaring on high, and loo… James Hogg
“ This was a townscape raised in the teeth of cold winds from the east; a city of winding cobbled streets and haughty pillars; a city of dark nights and candlelight, and intellect. Alexander McCall Smith
“ Pat wondered what inspiration an artist might find in the attempts of twenty-first-century architects to impose their phallic triumphs on the cityscape. Had any artist ever painted a contemporary glas… Alexander McCall Smith
“ The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction James Hogg
“ The slick concrete reflected the facades of the work weary - grey, cracked and old,but more importantly, trodden upon. Martin Hopkins
“ Nothing is ‘wrong’ with me, Dan. What’s wrong with you? she said in the same eerily quiet voice, dark eyes fixated on Dan, as she breathed heavily. Martin Hopkins
“ Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and purpose in your lives. Take control of yourselves and those around you. Bend them to… Martin Hopkins
“ The drinking dens are spilling outThere's staggering in the squareThere's lads and lasses falling aboutAnd a crackling in the airDown around the dungeon doorsThe shelters and the queuesEverybody's loo… Mark Knopfler
“ Edinburgh is a great big black bastard of a city where there are ghosts of all kinds. Sara Sheridan
