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“An addict of any kind is always on the lookout for newer, more intense experiences. After a time he builds up an immunity to the rush of sensation he receives from his addiction. He seeks greater heights, higher stakes.”
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
“Cynicism is simply realism with a veneer of irony.”
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
― Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― A Few Figs from Thistles
“The pink hadrosaur jumps over 13 purple griffins in the icebox”
― Chaos
― Chaos
“And now Kevin is gone, too, and the department decays in a hundred subtle ways without his constant attention, and despite everything I saw that night, despite everything that I know, about him, about the world, I would welcome him back, if I saw him again.”
― The Private Life of Elder Things
― The Private Life of Elder Things
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