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“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” —Sherlock Holmes
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Among the young men their friends and neighbours, the belle jeunesse of the Colony, there were many excellent fellows, several devoted swains, and some two or three who enjoyed the reputation of universal charmers and conquerors. But the home-bred arts and the somewhat boisterous gallantry of those honest young colonists were completely eclipsed by
... See moreSusie Boyt • The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle had given the world precisely three facts about Sherlock Holmes’ background. First, that he had an older brother named Mycroft, who was something high and enigmatic in the British government (read: a spymaster). Next, that the Holmes family were English “country squires” (that is, not quite aristocracy). Finally, that his grandmo
... See moreLaurie R. King • The Lantern's Dance: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
