--- title: "1 Free Space Quotes By Laurie R. King" description: "1 Free Space quotes by Laurie R. King. Plus more from Laurie R. King and more Free Space sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/laurie-r-king-9494_quote_normally-one-is-only-conscious-of-the-ro_2152570.jpg" --- > [“Normally, one is only conscious of the room around one, but when no-one else is present, one's awareness is free to fill all the space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/normally-one-is-only-conscious-of-the-room-around-one-but-when-no-one/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/laurie-r-king-9494_quote_normally-one-is-only-conscious-of-the-ro_2152570.jpg) ## More by Laurie R. King > [“When ambitious men overcome a dynasty and seize power, they inevitably adopt most of the ways of their predecessors. —THE Muqaddimah OF IBN KHALDÛN”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/when-ambitious-men-overcome-a-dynasty-and-seize-power-they-inevitably/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“I did not think of myself as a detective; I was a student of theology, and I was to spend my life in exploration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/i-did-not-think-of-myself-as-a-detective-i-was-a-student-of-theology/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/but-somehow-the-madness-around-me-and-the-turmoil-i-carried-within/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“The night air moved up towards the Downs, washing over sea and orchard. I breathed it in, and thought that henceforth, loneliness would smell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/the-night-air-moved-up-towards-the-downs-washing-over-sea-and-orchard/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“-in New York, a cat could look at a king. Hell, a cat could get himself elected king. But in England, where people had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/in-new-york-a-cat-could-look-at-a-king-hell-a-cat-could-get-himself/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [The words given voice inside the mind are not always clear, however; they can be gentle and elliptical, what the prophets call the bat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/the-words-given-voice-inside-the-mind-are-not-always-clear-however/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“Margery," I blurted out in a passion of frustration. "I don't know what to make of you!" Nor I you, Mary. Frankly, I cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/margery-i-blurted-out-in-a-passion-of-frustration-i-don-t-know-what/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [Holmes, I'm a 24 year old prude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/holmes-i-m-a-24-year-old-prude/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/the-period-after-the-first-world-war-was-an-extremely-different-time/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“Tell me about yourself, Miss Russell." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/tell-me-about-yourself-miss-russell-i-started-to-give-him-the/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/suddenly-it-occurred-to-me-that-my-feelings-towards-the-little-man/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [I have been very interested in the number of kids who have read the Sherlock Holmes books after reading the Mary Russell books. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/i-have-been-very-interested-in-the-number-of-kids-who-have-read-the/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [I slept in the bedroom used by Sabine Baring-Gould's wife when I was researching 'The Moor,' and later the Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/i-slept-in-the-bedroom-used-by-sabine-baring-gould-s-wife-when-i-was/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/that-s-what-tears-are-for-you-know-to-wash-away-the-fear-and-cool-the/) [Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-r-king/) > [I took to the Bodleian library as to a lover and ... would sit long hours in Bodley's arms to emerge, blinking and dazed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-r-king/i-took-to-the-bodleian-library-as-to-a-lover-and-would-sit-long-hours/) [Laurie R. 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