The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles
1Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
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It's always there. The truth. You just need to look for it.
Sometimes, you must dangle your feet in the water to attract the sharks.
You rarely find that kidnap victims have planned for their own disappearance.
Look for what's there, not what you want to be there.
The choice is always yours. Whatever society may claim, it can't control you.
Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side.
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19I always hear 'punch me in the face' when you're speaking, but its usually subtext
John Watson in Sherlock - Season 2 Episode 1
4Statecraft is the art of attending to small matters as diligently as grand ones.
Ar-Pharazôn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - Season 1 Episode 4
It's real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.
This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.
Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.
She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul.
Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.
There are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.