325 Quotes by Ben Aaronovitch

Don’t get me wrong, I like the countryside. In fact, some of my best friends are geographical features.

An argument,” said Dr. Walid. “It’s an argument of wizards.

Science doesn’t have all the answers, you know.” “It’s got all the best questions, though,” I said.

This is why you have procedure, training and drill, so that you do things when your brain is too shocked to think for itself – ask any soldier.

The bouncer scrutinized my face. “Do I know you?” he asked. No, I thought, but you might remember me from such Saturday-night hits as “Would you please put that punter down I’d like to arrest him,” “You can stop kicking him now, the ambulance has arrived,” and the classic “If you don’t back off right now I’m going to nick you as well.

Now, for solid historical reasons, I’m not comfortable with dividing people up into groups.

For operational reasons,” says Indigo, “you should call me Gaspode.” “Gaspode?” “That’s my cover name,” says Indigo. “Part of my legend.

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

It gave me “the eye” – the fearsome gaze that sheepdogs use to keep their charges in line. But I gave it “the look” – the stare that policemen use to keep members of the public in a state of randomized guilt.