“It was a coincidence.” “I don’t believe in coincidences.” “Neither do I. That’s a coincidence, isn’t it?” — Jasper Fforde

Don’t ever call me mad, Mycroft. I’m not mad. I’m just...well, differently moraled, that’s all.

Like any other big government department, it looks good on paper but is an utter shambles. Petty infighting and political agendas, arrogance and sheer bloody-mindedness almost guarantees that the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing.

You’ve got a face longer than a Dickens novel.