“I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childhood had washed up, and I was now standing here in front of it, and if I waited long enough, a tiny figure would appear on the horizon across the field and gradually get larger until I'd see it was Tommy, and he'd wave, and maybe even call.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”
― One Day
― One Day
“…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.”
― The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.”
― The Return of Sherlock Holmes
― The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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