He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn't know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.

Actually I'd always thought he sat in the library with a slim volume of metaphysical poetry until the commissioner called him on the bat phone and summoned him into action. Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

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

My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.

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

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.

Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk, a crazy or a human being in distress. The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling.