I’ve always believed that my dad is right about one thing—your life is your solo and whatever song you choose to sing you only get to do it once. - Ben Aaronovitch

There were screams and yells from the street below as people saw what was happening. There would be lots of phone-camera footage on the news that night from people with more media-savvy than brains.

Now I was used to it, the bell-like silence was louder than ever, and I was starting to get undertones of orange blossom and incense. You have to be careful with this stuff or you begin to sound like a wine taster—with about the same amount of meaningless bollocks.

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.