LNae

“There was a story doing the rounds that the list of questions traditionally asked of head injury victims, to check for concussion - what's the date, where do you live, who is the Prime Minister? - had had to be amended in light of the current incumbents turn your, as the widespread disbelief but he was still in office was producing a rash of false positives.”
― Mick Herron, London Rules

“Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second.”
― Mick Herron, London Rules

“you're all crazy," Flyte said.
"we prefer the term"Alternatively sane".”
― Mick Herron, London Rules

“Oh, gods, I thought. Nero was so good at being evil, and so evil at being good, he made the words lose their meaning. He could tell you the floor was the ceiling with such conviction you might start believing it, especially since any disagreement would unleash the Beast. I marveled how such a man could rise to be emperor of Rome. Then I marveled how such a man could ever lose control of Rome. It was easy to see how he’d gotten the mobs on his side.”
― Rick Riordan, The Tower of Nero