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61 " quite startling, like a shrieking voice, almost but not quite human. Like when cats fight outside your window and for a moment you can swear it’s a person screaming "
― Ben Aaronovitch , Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)
62 " 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. "
63 " She got me logged in, which was a suspicous amount of help and attention from a Detective Inspector, and explained the priority codes to me.‘Officially, low means we want it within a week,‘ said Stephanopoulos. ‘Medium is five days and high priority is three.‘‘And really?‘ I asked.‘Today, now and ‘I want it bloody yesterday. "
64 " The air was still and tasted flat, like water that had been boiled more than once. "
65 " 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? "