Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 25, “Ladbroke Grove” (p. 262)
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Famous Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 21, “Oxford Circus” (p. 226)
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 21, “Oxford Circus” (p. 224)
“You don’t actually know enough about me to insult me properly.”
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 14, “Westbourne Park” (p. 156)
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 14, “Westbourne Park” (p. 148)
“Low sample size—one of the reasons why magic and science are hard to reconcile.”
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 10, “Russell Square” (p. 106)
Ben Aaronovitch Quotes about men
Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 1, “Tufnell Park” (p. 5)
“Anything that can go wrong with armed men in the light can go twice as wrong in the dark.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 12, “It Don’t Mean a Thing” (p. 265)
“Men have died for this music. You can’t get more serious than that.”
Epigram —Dizzy Gillespie
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011)
Ben Aaronovitch Quotes
“It’s always better to tell a half-truth than a half-lie.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 277)
“It’s no fun looking down on people if you can’t let them know you’re above them.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 273)
“Have you noticed that about journalists—all they really want to talk about is themselves.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 273)
“First law of gossip—there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 11, “Those Foolish Things” (p. 239)
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 9, “The Forcing House” (p. 194)
“I’m an old-fashioned copper–I don’t believe in breaking the laws of thermodynamics.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 7, “Almost Like Being in Love” (p. 141)
“The difference between stripping and burlesque, as far as I could tell, was class.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 6, “The Empress of Pleasure” (p. 121)
“Ghosts, I was thinking, memories—I wasn’t sure there was a difference.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 5, “The Night Gate” (p. 97)
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 4, “One-Tenth of My Ashes” (p. 64)
“When you’re a musician free is a magic number.”
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 3, “A Long Drink of the Blues” (p. 45)
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 1, “Body and Soul” (p. 19)
Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 1, “Body and Soul” (p. 1)
“Lives to act, poor thing, it’s all he ever wanted out of life.”
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 13, “London Bridge” (p. 280)
Context: “Except he’s dead,” I said.
“I know,” said Mr. Punch. “Isn’t the universe wonderful.”
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 12, “The Last Resort” (p. 268)
“Nobody likes a riot except looters and journalists.”
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 12, “The Last Resort” (p. 245)
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 10, “The Blind Spot” (p. 210)
“Sometimes when someone tells you not to go somewhere, it’s better not to go there.”
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 9, “The Judas Goat” (p. 189)
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 2, “Ghost Hunting Dog” (p. 26)
Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 1, “Material Witness” (pp. 2-3)
