Ben Aaronovitch Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• Every male in the world thinks he's an excellent driver. Every copper who's ever had to pick an eyeball out of a puddle knows that most of them are kidding themselves.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Thinking, Males, Puddles

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.123, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• Not being invited in is one of the boxes on the “suspicious behavior” bingo form that every copper carries around in their head along with “stupidly overpowerful dog” and being too quick to supply an alibi. Fill all the boxes and you too could win an all-­expenses-paid visit to your local police station.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Dog, Winning, Police

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.2, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting". "Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Thinking, Police, Firsts

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.12, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• ...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Sports, Wrestling, Jumping

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Rivers of London”, p.5, Hachette UK

  5 Copy quote

• What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway up a mountain, must have developed a magic kata, a physical expression of formae. Or at least have got close enough to explain all those legendary swordsmen and their inexplicable desire to roost on the tops of bamboo trees.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Expression, Years, Tree

  Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.167, Hachette UK

  6 Copy quote

• When you're a boy your life can be measured out as a series of uncomfortable conversations reluctantly initiated by adults in an effort to tell you things that you either already know or really don't want to know.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Boys, Effort, Adults

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.113, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• What do you think you're doing?

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Thinking, Lucky Charms, Psycho

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho: The Second PC Grant Mystery”, p.224, Hachette UK

  57 Copy quote

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

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Kansas, Said, Knows

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.65, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Dad, Mean, Musical

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.102, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk, a crazy or a human being in distress. The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Sports, Crazy, Wrestling

  5 Copy quote

• You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house. "Just a small one," said Nightingale. "So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?" "A wizard." "Like Harry Potter?" Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter." "In what way?" "I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Dog, Real, Character

  4 Copy quote

• 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 you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Hair, Black, Firsts

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho”, p.47, Del Rey

  5 Copy quote

• The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Educational, Character, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Names, Giving, Important

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Moon Over Soho: The Second PC Grant Mystery”, p.213, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Children, Facts, Reason

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.108, Del Rey

  5 Copy quote

• If you just warn people, they often simply ignore you. But if you ask them a question, then they have to think about it. And once they start to think about the consequences, they almost always calm down. Unless they're drunk, of course. Or stoned. Or aged between fourteen and twenty-one. Or Glaswegian.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Thinking, People, Drunk

  4 Copy quote

• Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of a forest, I'm not a country person. I don't like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Country, Mean, Pigs

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.275, Del Rey

  4 Copy quote

• On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Fire, Sight, Sides

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.304, Del Rey

  7 Copy quote

• Landscaping is the great cardinal sin of modern architecture. It's not your garden, it's not a park - it's a formless patch of grass, shrubbery and the occasional tree that exists purely to stop the original developer's plans from looking like a howling concrete wilderness.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Garden, Tree, Parks

  Ben Aaronovitch (2013). “Broken Homes”, p.144, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

Page 2 of 2

First

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin