Ben Aaronovitch

Somebody doesn't know they're not in Kansas anymore,' said Stephanopoulos.

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Or at least of fending him off for long enough that we can sweep in heroically like the Seventh Cavalry.’ Burning tipis…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“It’s a truism in policing that witnesses and statements are fine, but nothing beats empirical physical evidence. Actually it isn’t a truism…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“It’s strictly constables, sergeants, and lunatics. We’ll keep the kettle on for you.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“I have an idea," I said. "This better not be a cunning plan," said Leslie. Nightingale looked blank, but at least it…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“I think you’re going to find Marcus Aurelius particularly useful.’ ‘For what?’ I asked. Nightingale hesitated. ‘Quoting, mainly,’ he said. ‘And thus…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“It's a sad fact of modern life that sooner or later you will end up on YouTube doing something stupid. The trick,…

— Ben Aaronovitch

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

— Ben Aaronovitch

“(...) I headed over the river to the address listed on Mr Wilkinson's driving licence to see whether there was anyone who…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“I didn’t tell him that it was all stored as binary information on rapidly spinning shiny discs, partly because I’d have to…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“culminating in one of those formless red brick shopping centres which artfully combines a complete lack of aesthetic quality with a total…

— Ben Aaronovitch

What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“which artfully combines a complete lack of aesthetic quality with a total disregard for the utilitarian function for which it is built.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Dr Walid walked me past the security at reception and introduced me to today's dead body.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“Who made the 999 call?" "Dunno," said Purdy. "Mobile, probably." It's officers like Purdy that give the Metropolitan Police its sterling reputation…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards , I thought. For they are soggy and hard to light. ”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“He was one of those people who constantly seems to be having a conversation with someone other than the person he’s actually…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“the rules of English grammar are largely an artificial construct with little or no bearing on the language as it is spoke.”

— Ben Aaronovitch

“I don’t like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and…

— 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…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“So that's when I came up with the most ridiculous plan since I'd decided to take a witness statement from a ghost.…

— Ben Aaronovitch

The media are doing this, not because they have a sinister motive, but because they love to feel that they are influencing…

— Ben Aaronovitch

It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more…

— Ben Aaronovitch

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

— Ben Aaronovitch

The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is…

— Ben Aaronovitch