# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Tales From The Folly

> It was already one of the hazards of being police that you became suspicious of the everyday. You didn’t have to spend much time on the job before realising that professional criminals are comparatively rare and that crime is something committed by ordinary people.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Tales From The Folly](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/tales-from-the-folly.md)
- Page: 180
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Tales_from_the_Folly_(2020)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/tales-from-the-folly/it-was-already

## More from this book

> He didn’t have “instincts”, he had thirty years of experience—which was much more reliable.

p. 31 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/tales-from-the-folly/he-didnt-have.md)

> “I’m interested in history,” I said. “Why don’t you tell me what happened.”
>
> “Why would a young man like you be interested in history?”
>
> “So I can avoid repeating it.”

p. 16 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/tales-from-the-folly/im-interested-in-history.md)

> “Unless you believe it was a coincidence that Melvin the Rat turned up at a party we were hosting.”
>
> Actually I thought it probably was, but I found that when people are nursing a grievance it’s a waste of time trying to explain the ubiquitous nature of coincidence in the universe. People always want things to happen for a reason.

p. 91 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/tales-from-the-folly/unless-you-believe.md)