Ben Aaronovitch Quotes

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• In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.

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  Dream, Book, Winter

  Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.151, Hachette UK

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• That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time.

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  Morning, Doe, Want

  Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.230, Hachette UK

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• My Dad says that being a Londoner has nothing to do with where you're born. He says that there are people who get off a jumbo jet at Heathrow, go through immigration waving any kind of passport, hop on the tube and by the time the train's pulled into Piccadilly Circus they've become a Londoner.

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  Dad, People, Immigration

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• This is your brain on magic.

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  Magic, Brain

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• Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.

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  Would Be, Answers, Ignored

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.77, Del Rey

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• Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?

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  East, Too Much, Potatoes

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• My dad once told me that the secret to a happy life was never to start something with a girl unless you were willing to follow wherever it led. It's the best piece of advice he has ever given me, and probably the reason I was born.

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  Girl, Dad, Happy Life

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.113, Hachette UK

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• It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.

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  Long, Modern Life, London

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.10, Del Rey

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• You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.

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  Self, Deception, Trying

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• For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.

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  Hug, Moments, Close Calls

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.322, Del Rey

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• It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.

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  Police, Guilty, Members

  Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• Actually I'd always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

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  Phones, Library, Bats

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.173, Del Rey

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• The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop

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  Clever, Doctors, People

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.39, Del Rey

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• Are they really gods?" "I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.

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  Queens, Worry, Police

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.100, Del Rey

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• Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

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  Holy, Paranormal, Nightingales

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.173, Del Rey

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• The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper.

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  Fire, Cooking, West

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth. The worst part is staying in the room after you've broken the news, so that you're forced to be there when someone's life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn't bother them - such people are not to be trusted.

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  Jobs, People, Broken

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.83, Del Rey

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• The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.

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  Sound, Study, Victim

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.103, Del Rey

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• Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

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  Coffee, Espresso, Excellent

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• The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind the venetian blinds and unshaven, but ruggedly handsome, detectives working themselves with single-minded devotion into the bottle and marital breakdown. The truth is that at the end of the day, unless you've generated some sort of lead, you go home and get on with the important things in life - like drinking and sleeping, and if you're lucky, a relationship with the gender and sexual orientation of your choice.

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  Drinking, Sleep, Home

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.33, Del Rey

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• Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.

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  Book, Phones, People

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.127, Hachette UK

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• The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing events. That's why they hate politicians so much, because politicians have direct power and they do not.

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  Hate, Media, Events

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• What's the biggest thing you've zapped with a fireball?' I asked. 'That would be a tiger,'said Nightingale. 'Well don't tell Greenpeace,' I said. 'They're an endagered species.' 'Not that sort of tiger,' said Nightingale. 'A Panzer-kampfwagen sechs Ausf E.' I stared at him. 'You knocked out a Tiger tank with a fireball?' 'Actually I knocked out two,' said Nightingale. 'I have to admit that the first one took three shots, one to disable the tracks, one through the driver's eye slot and one down the commander's hatch - brewed up rather nicely.

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  Eye, Two, Track

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• If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.

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  Talking, Advice, Police

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.52, Del Rey

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• ...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

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  Sports, Wrestling, Jumping

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.5, Hachette UK

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