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You did tell me what a very superior sort of mind your friend has. What a pity he was born trapped in a man's body.
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One must never disregard a message from the universe.
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Laurie R. King |
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THE END OF a case is always long, tedious, and anticlimactic,
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Laurie R. King |
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These last weeks, since Christmas, have been odd ones. I have begun to doubt that I knew you as well as I thought. I have even wondered if you wished to keep some part of yourself hidden from me in order to preserve your privacy and your autonomy. I will understand if you refuse to give me an answer tonight, and although I freely admit I will be hurt by such a refusal, you must not allow my feelings to influence your answer." I looked up in..
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Hugh] winced as I squealed the tyres, but after all, it wasn't his motorcar. Holmes did more than wince before we were out of Oxford, but I didn't hit anybody, and only brushed the farm cart slightly. It wasn't his automobile either, and what do men know about driving?
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mary-russell
pastiche
sherlock-holmes
driving
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Don't stride so, Russell!" Holmes whispered fiercely. "Throw your boots out in front of you as you walk and let your elbows stick out a bit. It would help if you let your mouth hang open stupidly, and for God's sake take off your glasses, at least until we get out of town. I won't allow you to walk into anything. Do you think you could persuade your nose to drip a bit, just for the effect?"
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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY I came up to in 1917 was a shadow of her normal, self-assured self, its population a tenth of that in 1914 before the war, a number lower even than in the years following the Black Death.
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Laurie R. King |
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Moments of pure relaxation were rare for me. There was always the nagging of books unread, work undone, time a-wasting.
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Laurie R. King |
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79a1297
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When the choice came down to tears, strong drink, or potatoes, one chooses potatoes. She
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You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.
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relationships
sarcasm
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You envy me my educated tastes.
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Laurie R. King |
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You translate it, please. I have worked hard to forget what Greek I once knew.
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Laurie R. King |
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Youth does not inspire confidence, in life or in stories,
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Laurie R. King |
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Would you rather have it outside? Now the heat's broken, coffee in the sun isn't a repulsive idea." "What a romantic offer: something not actively repulsive."
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Laurie R. King |
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I think not. I find short hair too much fuss, always needing combing and cutting. Long hair is much easier, oddly enough." There"
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Laurie R. King |
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To continue with the analogy, my perspective, my brush technique, my use of colour and shade, are all entirely different from his. The subject is essentially the same; it is the eyes and the hands of the artist that change.
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Laurie R. King |
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First and foremost a pragmatist, he had no time for the interference of unnecessary standards.
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Laurie R. King |
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c6048ab
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When there is an emotional element in a belief, argument rarely has much effect.
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Laurie R. King |
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39b7757
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Everyone is allowed a weakness, even women of the twentieth century.
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women
humor
weakness
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I had given Holmes this wedding as a gift-only to have him turn around and hand it back to me tenfold. And now his two oldest friends in all the world had conspired against our plans, casually rendering our feeble attempts at a gift into solid gold.
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When ambitious men overcome a dynasty and seize power, they inevitably adopt most of the ways of their predecessors. --THE Muqaddimah OF IBN KHALDUN
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Oddly enough, the very considerations that had made marriage impossible for him were mirrored in my own being: a rabidly independent nature, an impatience with lesser minds, total unconventionality, and the horror of being saddled with someone who would need cosseting and protection--the
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XVXVI, or 10-5-10-5-1, yielded H-E-H-E-A, which, unless she wanted to show her derisive laughter, made no sense.
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roman-numerals
villans
holmes
puzzles
mary-russell
pastiche
detective
mystery
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4d4e731
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Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being.
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Laurie R. King |
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A quick mind is worthless unless you can control the emotions with it as well.
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mind-quotes
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large black
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since people who "discovered" bodies in odd places were often the people who had put them there in the first place." --
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Laurie R. King |
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but having an entire policy of 'Us Good, Them Bad' does little more than create a magnet for trouble-makers.
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Laurie R. King |
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I am watching bees.
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Laurie R. King |
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were she not aware that he was more than a man who could make plants grow. And
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Laurie R. King |
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I am getting old, Russell. Gone are the days when I could scramble about on the moors all day and curl up happily at night with a thin blanket and a stone for a pillow. Three nights on floorboards and one night without sleep following three days at strenuous labour make me aware that I am no longer a callow youth.
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Laurie R. King |
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Love was the thing that kept a person going past exhaustion, beyond reason, after hope was at its end. Grit,
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'Guys'?" Doucet asked. "I saw three members of l'Academie." "Um, Provost?" "Prevost?" "That's it." "I'll contact him. She also spent some time with Josephine Baker," Doucet offered."
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Laurie R. King |
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For a man who claimed not to care much for women, Mr Holmes sure found some strong ones.
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Laurie R. King |
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I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.
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Laurie R. King |
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Normally, one is only conscious of the room around one, but when no-one else is present, one's awareness is free to fill all the space.
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Laurie R. King |
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The night air moved up towards the Downs, washing over sea and orchard. I breathed it in, and thought that henceforth, loneliness would smell to me like fermenting apples.
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Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.
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independence
feminist
maternal
feminist-quotes
sensible
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You think the knife was used, cleaned, then scraped through the blood on the floor?" Lestrade asked. "Evidently." "Why do that?" "Chief Inspector, I try to form my hypotheses upon data, rather than shape the data to match my wishes." And"
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Laurie R. King |
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A spray of burning tobacco flew into the air, followed by furious slaps and the stench of scorched wool. Once Holmes was sure he was not about to go up in flames, he turned to the driver in a fury.
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Laurie R. King |
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AND DEAD SEA
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Laurie R. King |
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The matches also came into focus: a cheap, bright label, in French. I picked up the box, slid it open, my nose stung by the smell of sulphur. Four matches. I took one, scraped it into life, held it to the oil lamp. A spot of warmth entered the room.
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Laurie R. King |
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The water stretched out as far as the eye could see in an expanse of gentle grey-blue swells broken only by the occasional white-capped wavelet and the line of the ship's passage, unrolling die-straight behind us until it faded into the glare of sun on the western horizon. Directly below where I stood, dominating my vision if I leant my upper body over the rail, the churn of the great screws dug an indentation in the surface, followed by a ..
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Laurie R. King |
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The problem in turning independent thinkers loose on a matter is, they tend to go beyond the theoretical and seize the chance for independent action. Thus,
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Laurie R. King |