# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons

> “Desperate people do desperate things,” said Spencer-Talbot. “Perhaps if we all did more to make things less desperate, then perhaps there would be less violence.”

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Amongst Our Weapons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons.md)
- Page: 240
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Amongst_our_Weapons_(2022)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/desperate-people-do-desperate

## More from this book

> The trouble with turning a blind eye is that people often take the opportunity to punch you in the face.

p. 153 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/the-trouble-with.md)

> “This is a terrible work,” I said. “Why did you do it?”
>
> “The usual reasons,” said the Magister. “I told myself it was piety and duty to the Church, but a thousand years of contemplation will batter down the doors of one’s own delusions.”

p. 279 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/this-is-a-terrible.md)

> “You’re probably wondering why I decided to grace you with my presence,” he said.
>
> Which was true, since DCIs spend most of their life in their offices or, worse, in other people’s offices and conference rooms. “Playing,” Seawoll once said, “pin the fucking buzzword on the sodding flow chart.”

p. 46 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/youre-probably-wondering.md)