A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #2)

by Laurie R. King

that any nonessential words in a given passage must have a special significance, one not immediately obvious, yet of potentially great import.

A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty. —RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)

Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. —ABIGAIL ADAMS (1774–1818)

For me, for always, the paramount organ of passion was the mind. Unnatural, unbalanced, perhaps, but it was true: Without intellect, there could be no love.

“Thank God!” he exploded, and dropped onto a nearby bench to mop his brow dramatically. “Even I cannot maintain a line of drivel forever.”