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‘Would you like me to arrest you?’ I asked. That’s an old police trick. If you just warn people they often simply ignore you, but if you ask them a question then they have to think about it. Once they start to think about the consequences they almost always calm down – unless they’re drunk of course, or stoned, or aged between fourteen and twenty-one, or Glaswegian.
when you’re a musician, free is a magic number.
‘There’s more to life than just London,’ said Nightingale. ‘People keep saying that,’ I said. ‘But I’ve never actually seen any proof.’
my rule of thumb is that if they don’t physically flinch from touching you, then eventually they’ll make the adjustment.
It was a really good illustration of just why you shouldn’t use the first lie that pops into your head.
there are some varieties of information that are only fun if you tell them to someone else.
But London didn’t care. She never does when you leave her, because she knows for every one that leaves another two arrive. Besides, she was too busy painting on her neon lipstick and dolling herself up in red and gold. Don’t you know, darling, footballers are so last season. The theatre’s where the action is now. She was looking for a Hollywood star out to prove his acting chops in the West End.
