# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer

> “How about this then, Peter,” she said. “You’ve been part of something that no wizard has ever been part of before. You know something that’s not in their books.”
>
> I wanted to say that lots of things weren’t in the libraries of the wise, including plate tectonics, molecular biology and the complete works of J. K. Rowling. But she’d probably say that I was missing the point.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Foxglove Summer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer.md)
- Page: 202
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/how-about-this

## More from this book

> The Daily Mail had the scoop but the media had caught the smell of blood in the water and twenty-four-hour news outlets were running the bulletin every half an hour, with a teaser on the quarter in case your attention span was that short.

p. 251 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/the-daily-mail.md)

> I’ll say this for the Queen. She was brave—or possibly stupid. It’s easy to mistake the two.

p. 320 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/ill-say-this.md)

> I am a goddess, Peter, a creature of temperament and whimsy. I’m supposed to be arbitrary and mercurial—it’s practically my job description.

p. 147 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/i-am-a-goddess.md)