Chapter 5, “January: Some Cats are Gray” (p. 71)
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I asked Reynolds if she could put the bodyguards on what we’d taken to calling the Unreality List of people that might be magical, members of the demi-monde or suspiciously weird.
“It would save ever so much time,” Reynolds had said when we set it up, “if we just added the population of Florida right at the start.”
— Ben Aaronovitch
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“It would save ever so much time,” Reynolds had said when we set it up, “if we just added the population of Florida right at the start.”" in the context of "Chapter 5, “January: Some Cats are Gray” (p. 71)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.
About Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.
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