Ben Aaronovitch Quote

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.


Broken Homes (ed. Penguin, 2014) - ISBN: 9780698143715


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...

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...

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...

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...