“And, Mr. Knightley, forget my theory about Icarus. If you don't sail high, with the risk of crashing and burning, do you really live? Can you love? I doubt it. I'm ready to fly. Love, Sam”
― Dear Mr. Knightley
― Dear Mr. Knightley
“From the vantage of the early twenty-first century, it might be more accurate to say, with no disrespect, that Arthur Conan Doyle originated Sherlock Holmes. The rest of us, obviously, aren’t yet finished creating him.”
― The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
― The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes
“Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.”
― Mr. Kiss and Tell
― Mr. Kiss and Tell
“You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.”
― The Beekeeper's Apprentice
― The Beekeeper's Apprentice
“Icarus flew too close to the sun, but at least he flew.”
― Skullcrack City
― Skullcrack City
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