Andy Kay

“But Smithy,” said Stephanopoulis. “I don’t believe in respectable businessmen. I’ve been a copper for more than five minutes. And the constable here doesn’t think you’re respectable either, because it happens he is a card-carrying member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party and so regards all forms of property as a crime against the proletariat.” That one caught me by surprise and the best I could manage was “Power to the people.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

“Life is a crap carnival with shit prizes.”
― Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes

“When done correctly, space travel can be quite boring. The remaining portion of the voyage went without any major stumbling blocks. The astronauts went through their checklists. They ate. They slept. They talked. They didn’t die. They didn’t kill each other. The big blue ball got smaller and the little red dot got bigger. The”
― J.J. Dreese, Red Hope

“Pretend you’re in the Met. You don’t catch them thinking”
― Christopher Fowler, Strange Tide