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“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Boscombe Valley Mystery: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Life was fleeting, I had learned, and death guaranteed. There had to be some greater purpose to it than the routine existance of daily life. ”
― Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back
― Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back
“As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.”
― The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
― The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“People can be teachers and idiots; they can be philosophers and idiots; they can be politicians and idiots... in fact I think they have to be... a genius can be an idiot. The world is largely run for and by idiots; it is no great handicap in life and in certain areas is actually a distinct advantage and even a prerequisite for advancement.”
― The Crow Road
― The Crow Road
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