Jenny Williams

“If you’ve witnessed something,’ I said, ‘perhaps you’d better come and give a statement.’ ‘That would be a bit of problem,’ said Nicholas, ‘seeing as I’m dead.’ I thought I hadn’t heard him correctly. ‘If you’re worried about your safety …’ ‘I ain’t worried about anything any more, squire,’ said Nicholas. ‘On account of having been dead these last hundred and twenty years.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“Equipment for ghost hunters: thermal underwear, very important; warm coat; thermos flask; patience; ghost.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“I feel that all women would like to learn to love themselves the way you do, to act with confidence, but it’s actually the hardest thing of all.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

“Standard operating procedure for dealing with mad fuckers; keep them talking, sidle closer, grab them when they ain’t looking.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London