G.S. Denning > Quotes

“If Grogssson's got the case, you might as well rifle the body, rob the place and draw a moustache on the corpse; he wouldn't mind.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“It all begins with your great-grandfather, Sir Hugo Baskerville, who was a right bastard, and no denying.”
― G.S. Denning, The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles

“And who is this new face?” “Tell him nothing, Watson!” Warlock urged, struggling to reclaim his balance. “And for God’s sake, John, don’t let him learn your name!” Moran smiled. I sighed and shook my head. Then, since it seemed I had nothing to lose by it, I extended my hand and said, “Dr. John Watson, at your service.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“One of the peculiarities of London’s police force is that they are all recruited from areas of Britain where folk use no h’s at all, or far too many. I”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“The smell nearly distracted me from my task, but no-I remained steadfast. Stiff upper lip, Watson! Action! Answers!

THEN bacon.”
― G.S. Denning, The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles

“Watson," he cried, "if anyone calls and says they are the physical embodiment of Amon-Ra, I am not in!”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“I gasped. I suppose I may have shed a tear then, for England and her empire. What hope was there for us? Against a people who would destroy the stately majesty of our favorite breakfast treat; a people who had actually industrialized the crumpet—how could we compete? The decline of our empire was thus presaged to me—as plain as a hole in a crumpet. “Monstrous,” I muttered.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“In what way is a howling, demon-filled void preferable to a schnauzer?”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“Eliminate the impossible and whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“There is something malicious about November drizzle in London. It is always cold, unwelcome and delivered at the most fiendishly inconvenient times.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“The fundamental basis of scientific thought is that an observed truth that undermines one’s understanding is yet the truth. If the observation is not flawed, one’s previous understanding must be. To the open mind, this is not a crisis; it is an opportunity to form a new, more perfect understanding of the world.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“Suddenly, mankind’s policy of intolerance—which I had always obeyed but never much considered—made itself clear to me. How total. How cruel.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“I have told you before that our realm is a virtual paradise to the beings of other realities. That is not to say we have no demons of our own. The greater ones are so dominant that they are perceived by mortal men not as monsters, but as fundamental qualities of reality. They are gone beyond entities; they are physics.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“The two fundamental pillars of Victorian medicine, Holmes, are "By God! Get the man a brandy!" and "By God! Get this man some air!”
― G.S. Denning, The Finality Problem

“Despite what I believed to be true about my world, despite all my medical knowledge, I was forced to admit that the room certainly appeared to contain an ogre, a vampire, a warlock and a dead man. Oh, and myself, of course.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“Then again, the maid was American so her opinion was disregarded, in accordance with the acknowledged best practice regarding all American opinions.”
― G.S. Denning , The Sign of the Nine

“The dominion of man is drawing to a close. The age of demons is upon us. This, I recognize, is largely my fault and let me take just a moment to apologize for my part in it. I am very sorry I doomed the world.
Really, just...absolutely, horribly sorry.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“Arthur, who went on grand adventures in a bathrobe,”
― G.S. Denning, The Finality Problem

“I staggered over and sat down with a thump. So violent was my descent and so feeble Warlock's state that the sudden impact of my posterior on the couch tipped him towards me. I waited for him to pull himself upright, but when he rested his head upon my shoulder, I recognised he had no intention of doing so. I was going to protest, but I realised how heavy my own head felt and let it sag down on top of Holmes's. And I'm not embarrassed to say I did it. Good friends support each other.
Sometimes structurally.”
― G.S. Denning, The Sign of the Nine

“There is nothing so intoxicating to the scientific mind as the weird and unfamiliar. The”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“Officially, Australia was begun as a penal colony, but I have long suspected this to be a lie. More likely, there was an extra question on the 1785 census: can you speak English? Any man who responded, 'Of course I can,' was welcome to stay. Any man who said, 'Wolla! Ronza turolla rei,' found himself with a bag over his head, being trotted onto a prison transport with no recourse to further appeal.”
― G.S. Denning, The Sign of the Nine

“If I follow your reasoning correctly, Watson, it seems that you are forming the opinion that someone has trained an anti-Napoleon murder monkey! Of course we are investigating!”
― G.S. Denning, Warlock Holmes - The Sign of the Nine

“Warlock cleared his throat a few times. "So... you're going to live, Watson?"
"Oh, most definitely. It was just a derringer, after all."
"Ah. Good news... good news... erm... and we think you'll keep the leg?"
"Holmes, I think I'll keep these trousers.”
― G.S. Denning, The Finality Problem

“There was also some question as to whether he was wanted by the French authorities regarding some unpleasantness on the rue Morgue.”
― G.S. Denning, The Sign of the Nine

“Holmes remained pensively quiet, as had become his habit - one he'd formed shortly after I poisoned him, kicked fire in his face, and shot him twice through the chest.”
― G.S. Denning, The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles

“To my parents”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“No. It ain’t. It’s the bestest, most perfect donut what ever there was. I named her Lucy an’ I love her an’ that’s all there is to it,” Jefferson Hope insisted.”
― G.S. Denning, A Study in Brimstone

“vitamins”
― G.S. Denning, The Sign of the Nine