325 Quotes by Ben Aaronovitch

First law of gossip – there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.

There’s more to life than just London,” said Nightingale. “People keep saying that,” I said. “But I’ve never actually seen any proof.

This is your brain on magic.

Most people react this way when I tell them about the Nazis. Would it be more or less comforting if we could attribute that particular part of our history to the supernatural?

Like a lot of London, Richmond town centre had been laid out back when town planning was something that happened to other people.

This is where the whole ape-descended thing reveals its worth, I thought madly. Sucks to be you, quadruped. Opposable thumbs – don’t leave home without them.

From then on, it was even twistier B-roads through a country so photgenically rural that I half expected to meet Bilbo Baggins around the next corner – providing he’d taken to driving a Nissan Micra.

Here’s a comforting thought for you, Peter,′ he said. ‘However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty.

Tolkien and my dad had weirdly convergent ideas about the musical nature of the universe, although my dad would probably have been more forgiving of Melkor’s improvisation. You know, providing it didn’t step on his solo.