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don’t think I haven’t noticed that you’re doing that thing where you answer a question with another question to give yourself time to think.” “Am I?” I caught myself. “I am. I’m sorry.
Sherlock Holmes stories glorify human intellect; his criminals are intellectual puzzles to be solved, not living breathing inhabitants of a world in their own right. The most dangerous criminals—Moriarty included—are scholars and university professors, because the threat they present is intellectual—it’s not meant to reflect real social issues, and it doesn’t really do it by accident either. Unless Sir Arthur was trying to warn the public that all academics are inherently untrustworthy. Which is fair.
“It’s written into me to know it. Oscar Wilde knew it. Nothing stays hidden. Secrets are always found out, and the world is unforgiving.”
“There are no innocent people,” Dorian said. “I know the darkness in their hearts. I’m a creature of the Gothic imagination; more than that, I’m a creature of the Internet. I don’t hold it against them. I’m no better than them. But believe me, Millie, there is no happy ending to real life.”
“I think everyone has something to hide.
