“What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway up a mountain, must have developed a magic kata, a physical expression of formae. Or at least have got close enough to explain all those legendary swordsmen and their inexplicable desire to roost on the tops of bamboo trees.” YearsEnoughDesireThreeMagicTreeExpressionThousandMountainChinaFrustratedThousand YearsMonkHalfwayLegendaryInexplicableMonasteriesBambooRoostSwordsman Book:Broken Homes Source: Broken Homes
“You put a spell on the dog," I said as we left the house. "Just a small one," said Nightingale. "So magic is real," I said. "Which makes you a...what?" "A wizard." "Like Harry Potter?" Nightingale sighed. "No," he said. "Not like Harry Potter." "In what way?" "I'm not a fictional character," said Nightingale.” WaySaidRealCharacterHouseLeftMagicDogSpellsHarry PotterWizardsPottersNightingalesFictional Character Author:Ben Aaronovitch
