Ben Aaronovitch Quotes

I texted Nightingale to let him know our change in disposition and then I picked up my Pliny, because nothing says stuck all alone in your flat like a Roman know-it-all.

Ben Aaronovitch

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• Nightingale

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• I texted Nightingale to let him know our change in disposition and then I picked up my Pliny, because nothing says stuck all alone in your flat like a Roman know-it-all.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Change
  • Disposition
  • Nightingale