“I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives. It all depends on a combination of circumstances. If all the various cosmic thingummys fuse at the same moment, and the right spark is struck, there's no knowing what one mightn't do.” PeopleIfsThinkingMomentsKnowingDependsCircumstancesNormalVariousCombinationSparksCosmicPrivate LifeDeep DownFuseReally Deep Author:Laurie R. King
“I became, in other words, more like Holmes than the man himself: brilliant, driven to a point of obsession, careless of myself, mindless of others, but without the passion and the deep-down, inbred love for the good in humanity that was the basis of his entire career. He loved the humanity that could not understand or fully accept him; I, in the midst of the same human race, became a thinking machine.” ThinkingMenHumansHumanityPassionRaceAcceptingCareersMachinesBasesDrivenBrilliantObsessionHuman RaceMidstCarelessDeep DownHolmesMindlessInbreds Book:The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen Source: The Beekeeper's Apprentice: or, On the Segregation of the Queen
“Stop it!' He relented, so far as he could, stepping forward to take my head into his hands. 'Russell, once, only once, I was taken and suffered for it. Please, my dear wife, believe me, this is not the same situation...'...I turned back to Holmes and hissed, 'If you're wrong, I shall be extremely angry with you.' Then O kissed him hard on the lips, more threat than affection, and let him step back into his cell...'However, Russ? I think that, all in all, given the choice, I prefer you with the hair and without the moustache.” IfsThinkingBelieveHardHandsChoicesGivenSituationStepsTakenWifeHairPleaseAngryThreatLipsDearAffectionCellsBelieve In MeHolmesMoustache Author:Laurie R. King