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Sometimes, the slowest burn forges the strongest fire.
“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
“I guess when you chase through the millennia playing such strange games with a man you once loved it's bound to make you a little upset when you eat him.”
― Hidden Spark
― Hidden Spark
“The pink hadrosaur jumps over 13 purple griffins in the icebox”
― Chaos
― Chaos
“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
“We can never know everything,” Holmes said, “but I fear that everything knows us.”
― Shadows Over Baker Street
― Shadows Over Baker Street
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