“There we continued the time-honored tradition of brazenly lying through our teeth while telling nothing but the truth.”

—  Ben Aaronovitch , book Rivers of London

Source: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 10, “The Blind Spot” (p. 210)

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