Knave of Diamonds Quotes

“Holmes: you’re not decrepit, I’m not imbecilic.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“one of the more peculiar human beings I’d ever come across—which, after ten years with Sherlock Holmes, was saying a lot.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“there were no diamonds here—at least, not of the carbonaceous sort.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“never set out to commit burglary, or even a break-in, without a rope—”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“Tweed suit, overcoat, and a light brown hat—all of which could be transformed by stepping into the gossamer skirt rolled into a pocket, reversing the overcoat to its bright lining, and turning the neck-tie into a hat ribbon. In thirty seconds, the young man was a girl (albeit one with an idiosyncratic taste in footwear) making her innocent way down the road.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“At no point, Holmes vowed, would Mr Jacob Russell be left on his own with the Irish Crown Jewels.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“Italy was great—there’s nothing like a country run by a church to make it easy to pick up odd jobs on the side.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“if you’re reading this, you may also know that he is the illegitimate son of the singer Irene Adler and the detective Sherlock Holmes. If you didn’t know it, well, there you go.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds

“There are parts of the Hebrew Bible to which she does not subscribe. ‘An eye for an eye’ is one of those.”
― Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds