# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Lies Sleeping

> “They’re all so ridiculously young,” said Nightingale.
>
> “They” were mostly Police Staff, what we’re not supposed to call civilian workers any more—analysts and data entry specialists—who’d got the boot when the government decided that in the light of an increased security threat what London needed was a smaller police force.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Lies Sleeping](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping.md)
- Page: 27
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/lies-sleeping/theyre-all-so-ridiculously

## More from this book

> I asked whether the High Fae came into the pub.
>
> Lulu gave me a crooked smile.
>
> “High Fae?” She asked.
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> “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.”
>
> “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)