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“It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.”
― The Red-Headed League
― The Red-Headed League
“In trying to justify the humanities, as in trying to live a life, what may turn out to matter most is holding one's nerve.”
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“By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.'
'I shall be delighted.'
'You don't mind breaking the law?'
'Not in the least.'
'Nor running a chance of arrest?'
'Not in a good cause.'
'Oh, the cause is excellent!'
'Then I am your man.'
'I was sure that I might rely on you.”
― A Scandal in Bohemia
'I shall be delighted.'
'You don't mind breaking the law?'
'Not in the least.'
'Nor running a chance of arrest?'
'Not in a good cause.'
'Oh, the cause is excellent!'
'Then I am your man.'
'I was sure that I might rely on you.”
― A Scandal in Bohemia
“Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.”
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“What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
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