Quote by Ben Aaronovitch Download Open image ““Peter Grant,’ I said. ‘Recent arrival, slacker and man of very little fame.”” — Ben Aaronovitch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“.I caught a very frail Peter grant shortly before his death. He was in reflective mood, and not at all the monster people portrayed… — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Though everyone had been uniformly gracious with me throughout our visit, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was being vetted in some way and that I’d already come up short. Peter was the one they wanted; I was merely the collateral—the boyfriend, the grad-school widow. I was accustomed to monopolizing Peter’s affection, but for the first time in our… — Dan Lopez Copy Share
“Peter feasts off people-he finds himself so totally boring that he's got to escape from himself and find refuge and security in another personality-that's… — Roger Lewis Copy Share Image
“I had not the least idea of a gamekeeper's occupation being so dangerous - there had never been such a person employed on the… — Jennifer Paynter Copy Share Image
“Was this, I wondered, what it felt like to be a grown-up? Did you always feel the weight of things on you, your cares… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I've spoken of the patient Peter who was obsessively forced to make conquests with women, to seduce and then to abandon them, until he… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“I gather you are an early riser, Alexander Ilyich,” he said after a moment of silence. “Men of purpose usually are.” — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
“ I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up…part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ” — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
“Peter Principle--a brilliant and talented man promoted just one notch over his head.” — Steven B. Sample Copy Share Image
“By the time they were done Peter realized that something significant had occurred, an acknowledgment that once made, could not be unmade. The body… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
“Remember, Peter: you are some hybrid of friend and hired help. You have latitude, but you can't get uppity.” — michael cunningham Copy Share Image
“He was from Yorkshire, or somewhere like that, and like many Northerners with issues, he'd moved to London as a cheap alternative to psychotherapy.” — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“I left in a hurry before he could change his mind, but I want to make it clear that at no point did I… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“Something round and dirty and white was resting near my foot. It was a skull. I picked it up. ‘Is that you, Nicholas?’ I… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence. — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“My mum translated this in her head to "witchfinder," which was good because like most West Africans, she considered witchfinding a more respectable profession… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“Right from the start Abigail used to moan and fidget as her hair was relaxed or braided or thermally reconditioned, but her dad was… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“The mark was from the glue that once held a folder into which a library card would have fitted back in the day when… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
It's a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind. — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework. — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
