Island of the Mad Quotes

“but having an entire policy of ‘Us Good, Them Bad’ does little more than create a magnet for trouble-makers.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“glass, a substance that went from liquid to solid through the use of fire and air,”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“If one plays on fear, takes away any remotely complicated ideas, and offers people a sense of confidence and right, one’s followers will beat to death any enemy they are pointed at.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“The response to a festering sore was not to extol its virtues, but to lance the thing and let the poison bleed out.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“I have never found ‘luck’ a dependable companion”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“And a few months later, in January of this year, Benito Mussolini stood before his nation to declare himself absolute ruler of his country, and to take proud responsibility for the violence that had put him there. As he put it, “Italy wants peace and quiet, work and calm. I will give it these things—with love if possible, with force if necessary.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“Mycroft, has no one ever pointed out to you that name-calling can be extremely revealing?” “Revealing of irritation, perhaps.” “Or, of a sensitivity over the truth. Brother mine, the power you wield is dangerous.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“Dr Freud has many insightful conclusions about the human mind,” I continued bitterly, “but when it comes to women, he might do better investigating the male sex’s preoccupation with cigars.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“Sherlock Holmes, to Mary Russell: It seemed to me that your friend's missing aunt took precedence over my history of contrapuntal significance in Bach's cantatas.

Mary Russell: I stared at him. It was one of the sweetest things he'd ever said.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“Mrs Porter, you see before you the product of an outmoded educational system, which is based upon beating Latin and Greek into a boy’s mind before he has a chance to meet the penny-dreadful.”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“Lady Molly, perhaps?”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad

“and Vivian eyed something no one else could see. Then”
― Laurie R. King, Island of the Mad