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Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3) QUOTES

Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3) QUOTES

1 " 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 , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

2 " We stopped and listened. Just on the cusp of hearing I detected a rhythmic pounding, more a vibration in the concrete than a sound.

'Drums,' I said and then because I couldn't resist it. 'Drums in the deep.'

'Drum and Bass in the deep,' said Kumar. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

3 " 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 , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

4 " The British have always been madly overambitious, and from one angle it can seem like bravery, but from another it looks suspiciously like a lack of foresight. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

5 " Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

6 " You know there's always things in life that you have to do despite the fact that you know for certain the outcome is going to be messy, painful, humiliating, or all three. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

7 " 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 , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

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

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

9 " The media response to unusual weather is as ritualized and predictable as the stages of grief. First comes denial: "I can't believe there's so much snow." Then anger: "Why can't I drive my car, why are the trains not running?" Then blame: "Why haven't the local authorities sanded the roads, where are the snowplows, and how come the Canadians can deal with this and we can't?" This last stage goes on the longest and tends to trail off into a mumbled grumbling moan, enlivened by occasional ILLEGALS ATE MY SNOWPLOW headlines from the *Daily Mail....* "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

10 " 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 , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

11 " My mum translated this in her head to "witchfinder," which was good because like most West Africans, she considered witchfinding a more respectable profession than policeman. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

12 " So that's when I came up with the most ridiculous plan since I'd decided to take a witness statement from a ghost. It was a plan so stupid that even Baldrick would have rejected it out of hand. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

13 " It was a good plan, and like all plans since the dawn of time, this would fail to survive contact with real life. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

14 " Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

15 " The Metropolitan Police has a very straightforward approach to murder investigations, not for them the detective’s gut instinct or the intricate logical deductions of the sleuth savant. No, what the Met likes to do is throw a shitload of manpower at the problem and run down every single lead until it is exhausted, the murderer is caught or the senior investigating officer dies of old age. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

16 " I saw a dark void under the platform and had just enough time to think: "Fuck me he's a earthbender. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

17 " Right from the start Abigail used to moan and fidget as her hair was relaxed or braided or thermally reconditioned, but her dad was determined that his child wasn’t going to embarrass him in public. That all stopped when Abigail turned eleven and calmly announced that she had ChildLine on speed‑dial and the next person who came near her with a hair extension, chemical straightener, or, God forbid, a hot comb, was going to end up explaining their actions to Social Services. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

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

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

19 " As Conan the Barbarian famously said, “That which does not kill us does not kill us. "

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)

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

― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)