Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 279)
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“If they were ugly, Peter, would you care half so much?” asked Nightingale. “There are some hideous things out there that can talk and reason, and I wonder if you would be quite so quick to rush to their defense.”
“Maybe not,” I said. “But that just makes me shallow, it doesn’t make me wrong.”
— Ben Aaronovitch
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“Maybe not,” I said. “But that just makes me shallow, it doesn’t make me wrong.”" in the context of "Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 279)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Ben Aaronovitch" (Quotes, Moon Over Soho (2011): All page numbers are from the American mass market first edition, , 3rd printing )
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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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