#loc

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#gifts #mediocrity #recognition #sherlock-holmes #talent

It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#morbid #moriarty #science #sherlock #skull

I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost. ↗

— Hannah Senesh

#last-words #martyrs #poetry #life

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#belief #rewriting-history #sherlock-holmes #belief

Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on his collar constantly. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-prince #jem #tessa #will #dog

Without this flock, I would be worthless. Without the people in this flock, I'd be empty. Without the people who started this flock, I'd be dead. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#flocks #life-lessons #love #family

Writing isn't difficult. Writing well is difficult. What is most difficult is being with the interior experience that manifests as resistance to writing. ↗

— H. Raven Rose

#writers-block #writers-on-writing #experience

My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter. ↗

— Gary Reilly

#humor #imagination #writer-s-block #writing #imagination

I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#sherlock-holmes #writing #love

I never told my love vocally still. ↗

— Emily Brontë

#love #love