# Quote — China Miéville, Looking for Jake

> In a newsagent’s he picked up a copy of the Standard, and hesitated by the chocolate, looking at the low-fat version he had trained himself to pretend he liked but suddenly hungry for a real bar, which with guilty devil-may-care he took and paid for.

- Author: [China Miéville](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville.md)
- Book: [Looking for Jake](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/looking-for-jake.md)
- Page: 129
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville#Looking_for_Jake_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/looking-for-jake/in-a-newsagents

## More from this book

> What if the chosen one misunderstands what he’s been chosen for?

p. 301 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/looking-for-jake/what-if-the.md)

> You didn’t know, but not knowing is no excuse.

p. 254 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/looking-for-jake/you-didnt-know.md)

> You make what you see into a window, and you see what you want through it. You make what you see a sort of a door.

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/china-mieville/looking-for-jake/you-make-what.md)