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.
If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet. - Ben Aaronovitch
If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.
- Ben Aaronovitch
Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much.… - Ben Aaronovitch
Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much.…
The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an office… - Ben Aaronovitch
The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an office…
This is your brain on magic. - Ben Aaronovitch
This is your brain on magic.
Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored. - Ben Aaronovitch
Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.
It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind. - Ben Aaronovitch
It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.
You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself. - Ben Aaronovitch
You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.
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 thr… - Ben Aaronovitch
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 thr…
That which does not kill us has to get up extra early in the morning if it wants to get us next time. - Ben Aaronovitch
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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