“ 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
