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“Come at once if convenient—if inconvenient come all the same. S.H.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“Watson,' said he, 'if it should ever strike you that I am getting a little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you.”
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
― The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
“Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. A flush of colour sprang to Holmes’s pale cheeks, and he bowed to us like the master dramatist who receives the homage of his audience. It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause. The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved to its depths by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“channeling emotions toward a productive end is a master aptitude. Whether it be in controlling impulse and putting off gratification, regulating our moods so they facilitate rather than impede thinking, motivating ourselves to persist and try, try again in the face of setbacks, or finding ways to enter flow and so perform more effectively—all bespeak the power of emotion to guide effective effort.”
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
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