# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons

> I don’t like the fact that all we have so far is that somebody did something to somebody at some time which may or may not have some fucking connection so some other people who we’re not sure still exist.

- 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: 113
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/i-dont-like

## 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)

> “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.”

p. 240 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/amongst-our-weapons/desperate-people-do-desperate.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)