# The October Man

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Quotes: 8
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man

## Quotes

> Gaston did betray an abstracted quality that might have been the result of magic. But was more likely down to consuming, I suspected, a tremendous amount of recreational chemicals.

p. 62 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/gaston-did-betray.md)

> The more power something has, the less the actual facts matter.

p. 184 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/the-more-power.md)

> “There’s paperwork for magic? asked Vanessa.
>
> “Not so glamorous now, eh?” I said.

p. 202 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/theres-paperwork-for.md)

> As police you can live with the violence, the squalor and the stupidity—it’s the waste of people’s futures that really grinds you down.

p. 65 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/as-police-you.md)

> “He believed in a mystical connection between the farmer and the soil.”
>
> “And you don’t?” I asked.
>
> “I believe there’s a connection,” she said. “I just happen to believe it’s biochemical.”

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/he-believed-in-a-mystical.md)

> Not everything that’s unexplained is caused by magic.

p. 139 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/not-everything-thats.md)

> It’s like with germ warfare. They weaponise germs for aggression and we say we study weaponised germs purely for defensive purposes. Nobody likes to admit they’re doing it but everybody knows everybody else is doing it.

p. 57 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/its-like-with.md)

> “Police work,” said Stefan, “is ninety per cent paperwork, nine per cent bullshit and one per cent horror.”

p. 12 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/the-october-man/police-work-said.md)