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1. "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
2. "This is why magic is worse even than quantum physics. Because, while both spit in the eye of common sense, I've never yet had a Higgs bosun turn up and try to have a conversation with me." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
3. "I did feel a 'something', like a catch in the silence at the moment of creation." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
4. "For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
5. "Zap,' I said. ‘That's the technical term for it, is it? What do you call someone who's been zapped?'‘Mr. Crispy,' said Kumar." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
6. "The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
7. "Officially she was there to liaise with me on the case, but really she was there for the wide-screen TV, takeaways and the unresolved sexual tension." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
8. "I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humour, but I try not to be cruel to foreigners, especially when they're that strung out." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
9. "I left in a hurry before he could change his mind, but I want to make it clear that at no point did I break into a skip" ~ Ben Aaronovitch
10. "We'd considered wearing uniform but Lesley said, what with her mask and everything, she'd look like a plastic cop monster from Doctor Who. I managed to restrain myself from telling her their real name." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
11. "Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
12. "The principal advantages of living in your station's section house is that it is cheap, close to work and it's not your parents' flat. The disadvantages are that you're sharing your accommodation with people too weakly socialised to live with normal human beings, and who habitually wear heavy boots. The weak socialisation makes opening the fridge an exciting adventure in microbiology, and the boots mean that every shift change sounds like an avalanche." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
13. "Keep breathing,' I said. ‘It's a habit you don't want to break." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
14. "..sudden attack of culture snobbery is a common affliction among policemen of a certain rank and age; it's like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
15. "The evening was still warm enough for shirtsleeves, and the city was clinging to summer like a wannabe trophy wife to a promising center forward." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
16. "Peter Grant,' I said. ‘Recent arrival, slacker and man of very little fame." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
17. "I looked into the literature on this," said Nightingale, "and it wasn't very helpful.""There's a literature about this?""You'd be amazed, Constable, about what there's a literature on." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
18. "The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop" ~ Ben Aaronovitch
19. "I wasn't sure I found that particularly reassuring, but in the event of an attack I wasn't going to be as much use as Thomas 'Oh sorry, was that your Tiger Tank?' Nightingale." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
20. "He was transparent, the way holograms in films are transparent.Three dimensional, definitely really there and fucking...transparent." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
21. "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
22. "There was also a great absence of people, including behind the mahogany-topped reception desk. Now, there's a time when an unlocked premises is a positive boon to a police officer as in – I was just looking to ascertain the whereabouts of the proprietor when I stumbled across the Class A controlled substances which were in plain sight in the bottom drawer of a locked desk in an upstairs office, M'lord." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
23. "Somebody doesn't know they're not in Kansas anymore,' said Stephanopoulos." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
24. "A major investigation, once it gets underway, is as exciting as watching reruns of Big Brother, although possibly involving less sex and violence." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
25. "For a certain generation of African immigrants cleaning offices became part of the culture like male circumcision and supporting Arsenal." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
26. "We can't have your people fighting each other," I said. The 'royal we' is very important in police work; it reminds the person you're talking to that behind you stands the mighty institution that is the Metropolitan Police, robed in the full majesty of the law and capable, in manpower terms, of invading a small country. You only hope when you're using that term that the whole edifice is currently facing in the same direction as you are." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
27. "She had the startled-rabbit look that civilians get after five minutes of helping the police with their inquiries. If they stay calm for too long it's a sign that they're professional villains or foreign or just plain stupid. All of which can get you locked up if you're not careful. If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
28. "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
29. "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
30. "Urban Outfitters, eh," said Beverley. "That explains the Dr Denim shirt.""My mum bought me that," I said."And you think that's less embarrassing?" ~ Ben Aaronovitch
31. "... I think it's designed to flower open like a Chocolate Orange."Me and Lesley then had to explain Terry's Chocolate Orange to Nightingale."Not unlike a practitioner's hand opening to reveal a werelight," said Nightingale."Not unlike at all," I said. Yeah, exactly like that I thought." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
32. "So etwas wie ein ständiges Spurensicherungsteam gibt es übrigens nicht. da die Spurensicherung so teuer ist, bestellt man sie beim Innenministerium immer nur häppchenweise wie beim chinesischen Lieferservice. Aus der prozession von Plastikanzügen zu schließen, die an uns vorüberzog, hatte Stephanopoulos sich das Super-Deluxe-Menü für sechs Personen mit einer extraportion Reis gegönnt. Und ich war dann wohl der Glückskeks." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
33. "Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
34. "Abigail stared suspiciously at Lesley. "Why are you wearing a mask?" she asked."Because my face fell off," said Lesley.Abigail considered this for a moment and then nodded. "Okay," she said." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
35. "Fuck me, I thought. I can do magic." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
36. "Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
37. "In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
38. "Are they really gods?""I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
39. "My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
40. "Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
41. "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
42. "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
43. "I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police "first greeting"."Oi!" I said "What do you think you're doing?" ~ Ben Aaronovitch
44. "Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?" ~ Ben Aaronovitch
45. "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
46. "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
47. "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
48. "Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?''Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
49. "The motto of West African cooking is that if the food doesn't set fire to the tablecloth the cook is being stingy with the pepper." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
50. "Can you sacrifice people?' I asked. 'Take their magic that way?''Yes,' he said. 'But there's a catch.''What's the catch?''You get hunted down even unto the ends of the Earth and summarily executed." ~ Ben Aaronovitch
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