Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.

It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

I must apologize for calling so late, " said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.

the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.

Solitude awakes the soul to spiritual realms.

adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Individualism? Narcissism? Of course. It is my strongest tendency, the only intentional constancy [fidelity] I am capable of.... Besides, I am lying; I scatter myself too much for that.

The general sentiment among the Yeas is, no accolade is too high for their man; and the Nobel being, literally, the gold standard among prizes, it is surely his [Bob Dylan] due.

People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.

They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you're safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything.

Leaders are forced to kill all the time. Then they have to learn to live with the decisions they make. Just like I'm going to learn to live with mine.

The heart with compassion is the temple of God.