Lock & Mori Quotes

“When a person cares for another, he wants to know everything about her all at once.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Sherlock shrugged. “I don’t understand the need for power, really. There are more important pursuits.”
“Only those who have never felt powerless can afford to think like you.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Maybe that’s how one becomes a killer. Not with decision, but with acceptance.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“I, of course, had heard of Sherlock Holmes and his secret lab in the basement of the theater. It was just cartoonish enough of an image to spread widely around the school.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“My given name is James."
"James Moriarty."
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"Really? Sherlock wishes to discuss odd names with me?"
"And a point to Miss Moriarty."
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"You're an idiot. Truly.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“The silence made our breathing loud, but louder still was the way he looked at me then. A white noise of a look. Everything else fell away and still I became fully aware of every place his body touched mine, of how my hands splayed across his chest.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Con? My mother was a con artist married to a copper?" - Mori
"Emily Ferris wasn't just a con artist. She was a master thief." - Alice”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Heaven, Mori. When I die, this place will be transported right up into the clouds, so I can flit about the stacks for hours on end, reading into eternity. - Sadie”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“I must admit watching the great mind of Sherlock Holmes struggle to ask even a single question was perhaps the best part of that wretched day. Other than the kiss itself. I caught my finger touching my lips and turned my back to him, looking over my shoulder briefly to say, "Looked like you needed a distraction.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Everything about you is a surprise."
"That's what it means to be a stranger.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“I'll just say right here that whoever thought up the idea of paying dead white authors by the word should have a special place in hell with the rest of the sadists.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“Perhaps wishful thinking was the first sign of madness, and I was in a Wonderland trajectory.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori

“I thought all men were the enemy," he said as a tease. I narrowed my eyes. "Well who exactly do you think teaches little girls to see other little girls as the enemy, when in fact it's all just a lie to make sure we never consolidate our talents and rise to power?" I watched Lock's expression brighten and I changed the subject before he said something annoying, like how lovely I looked when I ranted about the patriarchy.”
― Heather W. Petty, Lock & Mori