Jon

“I sighed and went back to my book, in which Morgoth nicked the eponymous jewels and had away with them back to Angbad. Sorry mate, I thought, not my jurisdiction. Did you have them insured? Whereupon Fëanor gets a crime number and a leaflet about being on guard against theft and the wiles of the personification of evil.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping

“He said it was wife’s idea to name their daughter after him but I didn’t believe him. Could have been worse, I decided. It could have been Nigella.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes

“CO19, the Met’s firearms unit, whose unofficial motto is, “Guns don’t kill people, we kill people with guns.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Whispers Under Ground

“Still, there it is, of course. The point to be considered now is, What will Aunt Agatha do about this? You know her, Jeeves. She is not like me. I’m broad-minded. If Uncle George wants to marry waitresses, let him, say I. I hold that the rank is but the penny stamp—’ ‘Guinea stamp, sir.’ ‘All right, guinea stamp. Though I don’t believe there is such a thing. I shouldn’t have thought they came higher than five bob.'

Wodehouse, P.G.. Very Good, Jeeves”
― P.G. Wodehouse