As police you can live with the violence, the squalor and the stupidity—it’s the waste of people’s futures… — Ben Aaronovitch

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

“There’s paperwork for magic? asked Vanessa.

“Not so glamorous now, eh?” I said.

“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.”