Jenny Williams > Jenny's Quotes

“This is all you really need, isn’t it? Just one good friend. Somebody you can be stupid with. Somebody who’ll peel you up off the ground, prop you against the wall.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“Nobody has to be fully satisfied by just one thing, and nor do they have to aim to be like everyone else. It's plenty of people can enjoy things a good amount, and be satisfied with their life overall.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter

“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

“You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house.
"Just a small one," said Nightingale.
"So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?"
"A wizard."
"Like Harry Potter?"
Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter."
"In what way?"
"I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“I have an idea," I said.

"This better not be a cunning plan," said Leslie.

Nightingale looked blank, but at least it got a chuckle from Dr Walid.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot

“Something round and dirty and white was resting near my foot. It was a skull. I picked it up.
‘Is that you, Nicholas?’ I asked.
‘Put that down, Peter,’ said Nightingale. ‘You don’t know where it’s been.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“I don’t mind getting drunk, but there always comes a moment in the evening when I find myself watching myself bumping into things and thinking—I’m bored of this, can I have full control of my brain back, please?”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot

“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

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

“We did an hour of practice, at the end of which I was capable of flinging a fireball down the range at the dizzying speed of a bumblebee who’d met his pollen quota and was taking a moment to enjoy the view.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

“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

“Nature and nature’s laws lay hid in night;
God said “Let Newton be” and all was light.”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot