Frasi di Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Denis Aaronovitch , scrittore britannico.

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Ben Aaronovitch: Frasi in inglese

“All diplomatic cars have distinctive plates that indicate status and nationality, for the ease and convenience of terrorists and potential kidnappers.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Whispers Under Ground

Origine: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 14, “Westbourne Park” (p. 148)

“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 libro Whispers Under Ground

Origine: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 25, “Ladbroke Grove” (p. 262)

“You don’t actually know enough about me to insult me properly.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Whispers Under Ground

Origine: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 14, “Westbourne Park” (p. 156)

“Low sample size—one of the reasons why magic and science are hard to reconcile.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Whispers Under Ground

Origine: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 10, “Russell Square” (p. 106)

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

Ben Aaronovitch libro Whispers Under Ground

Origine: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 1, “Tufnell Park” (p. 5)

“It’s always better to tell a half-truth than a half-lie.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 277)

“It’s no fun looking down on people if you can’t let them know you’re above them.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 273)

“Have you noticed that about journalists—all they really want to talk about is themselves.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 273)

“Anything that can go wrong with armed men in the light can go twice as wrong in the dark.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 12, “It Don’t Mean a Thing” (p. 265)

“First law of gossip—there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 11, “Those Foolish Things” (p. 239)

“I’m an old-fashioned copper–I don’t believe in breaking the laws of thermodynamics.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 7, “Almost Like Being in Love” (p. 141)

“The difference between stripping and burlesque, as far as I could tell, was class.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 6, “The Empress of Pleasure” (p. 121)

“Ghosts, I was thinking, memories—I wasn’t sure there was a difference.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 5, “The Night Gate” (p. 97)

“When you’re a musician free is a magic number.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 3, “A Long Drink of the Blues” (p. 45)

“It’s a sad fact of modern life that if you drive long enough, sooner or later you must leave London behind.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 1, “Body and Soul” (p. 1)

“Men have died for this music. You can’t get more serious than that.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Moon Over Soho

Epigram —Dizzy Gillespie
Origine: Moon Over Soho (2011)

“Lives to act, poor thing, it’s all he ever wanted out of life.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 13, “London Bridge” (p. 280)
Contesto: “Except he’s dead,” I said.
“I know,” said Mr. Punch. “Isn’t the universe wonderful.”

“Nobody likes a riot except looters and journalists.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 12, “The Last Resort” (p. 245)

“There we continued the time-honored tradition of brazenly lying through our teeth while telling nothing but the truth.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 10, “The Blind Spot” (p. 210)

“Sometimes when someone tells you not to go somewhere, it’s better not to go there.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 9, “The Judas Goat” (p. 189)

“I wasn’t ready to believe in ghosts, but that’s the thing about empirical experience: it’s the real thing.”

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 2, “Ghost Hunting Dog” (p. 26)

“Could it have been anyone, or was it destiny? When I’m considering this I find it helpful to quote the wisdom of my father, who once told me, “Who knows why the fuck anything happens?””

Ben Aaronovitch libro Rivers of London

Origine: Rivers of London (2011; American edition title: Midnight Riot), Chapter 1, “Material Witness” (pp. 2-3)