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> [“I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend my time alone with a book and a decanter of brandy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/i-am-a-solitary-man-he-said-i-do-not-suffer-fools-gladly-and-i-prefer/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

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## More by Andrew Lane

> [“The door opened after a few moments. Sherlock was looking slightly upwards, expecting Amyus Crowe to be standing inside the doorway, and for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/the-door-opened-after-a-few-moments-sherlock-was-looking-slightly/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

> [“I am a . . . solitary . . . man, he said. 'I do not suffer fools gladly, and I prefer to spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/i-am-a-solitary-man-he-said-i-do-not-suffer-fools-gladly-and-i-prefer/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

> [“When you've only got two choices, and you don't like either of them, make a third choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/when-you-ve-only-got-two-choices-and-you-don-t-like-either-of-them/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

> [“The sensible man,' Crow had said (to Sherlock Holmes), 'don't look to confirm what he already knows -- he looks to deny it. Finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/the-sensible-man-crow-had-said-to-sherlock-holmes-don-t-look-to/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

> [“I ran out the door but it was to late… i felt a sharp pain in my back as i heard the gun shoot”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/i-ran-out-the-door-but-it-was-to-late-i-felt-a-sharp-pain-in-my-back/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

> [“The thing is', (Rufus) Stone said, 'that if you don't believe that you are an old man, or a woman, or a tramp, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lane/the-thing-is-rufus-stone-said-that-if-you-don-t-believe-that-you-are/)

[Andrew Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lane/)

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