Blogs are the main exception I make in my aversion to complex machinery. — Laurie R. King Aversion Copy Share Image
Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind. — Laurie R. King Argument Copy Share Image
Why the devil was my husband positively grinning - and with what looked remarkably like relief? — Laurie R. King Devil Copy Share Image
Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being. — Laurie R. King Books Copy Share Image
When you're putting together a story, sometimes you just have to skip over the boring bits. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“My God, it can recognise another human being when it's hit over the head with one.” — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.” — Laurie R. King Marriage Copy Share Image
“XVXVI, or 10-5-10-5-1, yielded H-E-H-E-A, which, unless she wanted to show her derisive laughter, made no sense.” — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“I found Shanghai to be the very essence of the Surrealist doctrine: If the world is mad, then the maddest man is… — Laurie R. King Madness Copy Share Image
...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting,… — Laurie R. King Feminism Copy Share Image
“The night air moved up towards the Downs, washing over sea and orchard. I breathed it in, and thought that henceforth, loneliness… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
It is an amazing thing, the difference to one’s powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire;… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Do not neglect to bring your revolver, Russell. It may be needed, and it does us no good in your drawer with… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Stop it!' He relented, so far as he could, stepping forward to take my head into his hands. 'Russell, once, only once,… — Laurie R. King Affection Copy Share Image
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin.… — Laurie R. King Ability Copy Share Image
Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those… — Laurie R. King Academic Copy Share Image
“I would have stolen it for you, had I known you were interested." His voice was muffled by the door to the… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“Who am I?’ you mean.” He smiled at the question and gave what was at first glance a most oblique answer. “Do… — Laurie R. King Communication Copy Share Image
“[Hugh] winced as I squealed the tyres, but after all, it wasn't his motorcar. Holmes did more than wince before we were… — Laurie R. King Detective Copy Share Image
Only the careless leave a possibility unattended due to assumptions. — Laurie R. King Assumption Copy Share Image
“For a man who claimed not to care much for women, Mr Holmes sure found some strong ones.” — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“Life has ill-prepared me for finding any enjoyment in a press of merrymakers.” — Laurie R. King Life Copy Share Image
Men do, I've found, accept the most errant nonsense from a well dressed woman — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.” — Laurie R. King Backwoods Copy Share Image
That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate. — Laurie R. King Fear Copy Share Image
Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast. — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
However, the mind has an amazing ability to continue worrying away at a problem all on its own, so that when the… — Laurie R. King Ability Copy Share Image
![“[Hugh] winced as I squealed the tyres, but after all, it wasn't his motorcar. Holmes did more than wince before we were out of Oxford, but I didn't hit anybody, and only brushed the farm cart slightly. It wasn't his automobile either, and what do men know about driving?” quote by Laurie R. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/laurie-r-king-9494_detective_hugh-winced-as-i-squealed-the-tyres-but_2456052.jpg)
