The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.

Coffee arrived and the espresso was excellent, like an aromatic electric fence.

...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

Somebody doesn't know they're not in Kansas anymore,' said Stephanopoulos.

This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework.

Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.

Are they really gods?" "I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.