“Grinning with delight even as my heart ached—a familiar bittersweet feeling, that of enjoying affection from afar—I watched until they all went inside, the cab and the barouche drove away, and it became apparent that the moment of drama was over.”
― The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
― The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
“"One cannot be a mother without first being a person; family, husband, and children should not be allowed, as is so often the case, to steal a woman’s selfhood and her dreams."
Mother to Sherlock, Mycroft, and Enola Holmes by author Nancy Springer”
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Mother to Sherlock, Mycroft, and Enola Holmes by author Nancy Springer”
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“Yet one could speak truth and still be a villain”
― The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
― The Case of the Left-Handed Lady
“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
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