It’s no fun looking down on people if you can’t let them know you’re above them. - Ben Aaronovitch

Was it better to die in the illusion of sunshine and warmth or face death in a cold darkness of reality? Was it better to die in happy ignorance or terrified knowledge? The answer, if you’re a Londoner, is that it’s better not to die at all.

It's one of those paradox thingies," I said. "What happens when the unstoppable cook meets the unfillable stomach?

Given that he was writing in the late eighteenth century, I like to cut him slack.