# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping

> My recent experience trying to explain magic to people who really would rather it didn’t exist has given me an arsenal of euphemisms. I’m particularly proud of “initial incident” although “subjective perception threshold” runs a close second.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Lies Sleeping](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping.md)
- Page: 75
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Lies_Sleeping_(2018)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping/my-recent-experience

## More from this book

> I asked whether the High Fae came into the pub.
>
> Lulu gave me a crooked smile.
>
> “High Fae?” She asked.
>
> “You know,” I said. “The gentry, elves, those posh gits with extradimensional castles, stone spears and unicorns.”
>
> “You mean them what step between worlds?”
>
> “Could be.”
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> “Who walk on paths unseen and wax and wane with the moon?”
>
> “Them sort of people,” I said. “Yeah.”
>
> “Not in here, squire,” she said. “I run a respectable pub.”

p. 60 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping/i-asked-whether.md)

> “Anything else to report?” he asked.
>
> “A creeping sense of existential dread,” I said. “Apart from that I’m good.”

p. 266 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping/anything-else-to-report.md)

> Nightingale ignored that thread because when the suspect - I mean interviewee - wants to talk about something it's a good idea to frustrate them a little bit. That way you can get more later than they intended. Seawoll calls it the 'fuck all the cows' interview approach.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping/nightingale-ignored-that.md)