John Higgs > John's Quotes

“And now Kevin is gone, too, and the department decays in a hundred subtle ways without his constant attention, and despite everything I saw that night, despite everything that I know, about him, about the world, I would welcome him back, if I saw him again.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Private Life of Elder Things

“Cynicism is simply realism with a veneer of irony.”
― James Lovegrove, Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows

“An addict of any kind is always on the lookout for newer, more intense experiences. After a time he builds up an immunity to the rush of sensation he receives from his addiction. He seeks greater heights, higher stakes.”
― James Lovegrove, Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows

“We can never know everything,” Holmes said, “but I fear that everything knows us.”
― Michael Reaves, Shadows Over Baker Street

“The pink hadrosaur jumps over 13 purple griffins in the icebox”
― C. Gockel, Chaos

“I guess when you chase through the millennia playing such strange games with a man you once loved it's bound to make you a little upset when you eat him.”
― Al K. Line, Hidden Spark

“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles