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Laurie R. King quotes: One must never disregard a message from the universe.

One must never disregard a message from the universe.

Laurie R. King quotes: The past is but the beginning of a beginning. - H. G. Wells, The Discovery of the Future

The past is but the beginning of a beginning. - H. G. Wells, The Discovery of the Future

Laurie R. King quotes: My God, it can recognise another human being when it's hit over the head with one.

My God, it can recognise another human being when it's hit over the head with one.

Laurie R. King quotes: The house was still, weighty with the comfort of a thousand books.

The house was still, weighty with the comfort of a thousand books.

Laurie R. King quotes: You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.

You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.

Laurie R. King quotes: It is an amazing thing, the difference to one's powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make.

It is an amazing thing, the difference to one's powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make.

Laurie R. King quotes: 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.

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.

Laurie R. King quotes: He said nothing. Very sarcastically.

He said nothing. Very sarcastically.

Laurie R. King quotes: Since people who "discovered" bodies in odd places were often the people who had put them there in the first place.

Since people who "discovered" bodies in odd places were often the people who had put them there in the first place.

Laurie R. King quotes: if she was finished.

if she was finished.

Laurie R. King quotes: The dead have a claim on us even heavier than that of the living, for they cannot hear our explanations, and we cannot ask their forgiveness.

The dead have a claim on us even heavier than that of the living, for they cannot hear our explanations, and we cannot ask their forgiveness.

Laurie R. King quotes: You did tell me what a very superior sort of mind your friend has. What a pity he was born trapped in a man's body.

You did tell me what a very superior sort of mind your friend has. What a pity he was born trapped in a man's body.

Laurie R. King quotes: Men do, I've found, accept the most errant nonsense from a well dressed woman

Men do, I've found, accept the most errant nonsense from a well dressed woman

Laurie R. King quotes: Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

Laurie R. King quotes: Holmes, you're a genius.So I have been told.

Holmes, you're a genius.
So I have been told.

Laurie R. King quotes: When there is an emotional element in a belief, argument rarely has much effect.

When there is an emotional element in a belief, argument rarely has much effect.

Laurie R. King quotes: Love was the thing that kept a person going past exhaustion, beyond reason, after hope was at its end. Grit,

Love was the thing that kept a person going past exhaustion, beyond reason, after hope was at its end. Grit,

Laurie R. King quotes: Holmes, I'm a 24 year old prude.

Holmes, I'm a 24 year old prude.

Laurie R. King quotes: 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.

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.

Laurie R. King quotes: I took to the...Library as to a lover...

I took to the...Library as to a lover...

Laurie R. King quotes: THE END OF a case is always long, tedious, and anticlimactic,

THE END OF a case is always long, tedious, and anticlimactic,

Laurie R. King quotes: Everyone is allowed a weakness, even women of the twentieth century.

Everyone is allowed a weakness, even women of the twentieth century.

Laurie R. King quotes: When the choice came down to tears, strong drink, or potatoes, one chooses potatoes. She

When the choice came down to tears, strong drink, or potatoes, one chooses potatoes. She

Laurie R. King quotes: Eccentricty had flowered into madness.

Eccentricty had flowered into madness.

Laurie R. King quotes: Guessing is a weakness brought on by indolence and should never be confused with intuition.

Guessing is a weakness brought on by indolence and should never be confused with intuition.

Laurie R. King quotes: That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.

That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.

Laurie R. King quotes: Blogs are the main exception I make in my aversion to complex machinery.

Blogs are the main exception I make in my aversion to complex machinery.

Laurie R. King quotes: Pray tell, she said, although her voice told him not to.He ignored her tone, let out a thoughtful cloud of smoke, and said, ...

Pray tell, she said, although her voice told him not to.
He ignored her tone, let out a thoughtful cloud of smoke, and said, ...

Laurie R. King quotes: Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast.

Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast.

Laurie R. King quotes: Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being.

Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being.

Laurie R. King quotes: Were she not aware that he was more than a man who could make plants grow. And

Were she not aware that he was more than a man who could make plants grow. And

Laurie R. King quotes: You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.

You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.

Laurie R. King quotes: Life has ill-prepared me for finding any enjoyment in a press of merrymakers.

Life has ill-prepared me for finding any enjoyment in a press of merrymakers.

Laurie R. King quotes: Why the devil was my husband positively grinning - and with what looked remarkably like relief?

Why the devil was my husband positively grinning - and with what looked remarkably like relief?

Laurie R. King quotes: When you're putting together a story, sometimes you just have to skip over the boring bits.

When you're putting together a story, sometimes you just have to skip over the boring bits.

Laurie R. King quotes: What does it mean, to lose one's mind? Where does it go? If a man is out of his mind, where is he? What is insane when the world is

What does it mean, to lose one's mind? Where does it go? If a man is out of his mind, where is he? What is insane when the world is mad by contrast?

Laurie R. King quotes: The lust for murder is not a rational thing. In queens, it is an instinctual response.

The lust for murder is not a rational thing. In queens, it is an instinctual response.

Laurie R. King quotes: Impossibility is a log thrown on the fires of love.

Impossibility is a log thrown on the fires of love.

Laurie R. King quotes: But somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre.

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 quotes: I was merely going to say that I hope you realise that guilt is a poor foundation for a life, without other motivations beside it.

I was merely going to say that I hope you realise that guilt is a poor foundation for a life, without other motivations beside it.

Laurie R. King quotes: When we arrived at his cottage we had known each other forever.

When we arrived at his cottage we had known each other forever.

Laurie R. King quotes: I crawled into my book and pulled the pages over my head ...

I crawled into my book and pulled the pages over my head ...

Laurie R. King quotes: I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.

I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.

Laurie R. King quotes: Only the careless leave a possibility unattended due to assumptions.

Only the careless leave a possibility unattended due to assumptions.

Laurie R. King quotes: Most damning of phrases: He meant well.

Most damning of phrases: He meant well.

Laurie R. King quotes: The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight.

The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight.

Laurie R. King quotes: Whenever I go to England, I'm on pilgrimage. I walk the countryside around Eastbourne because that's where Sherlock Holmes retired.

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 quotes: My God...it can think.

My God...it can think.

Laurie R. King quotes: I crawled into my books and pulled the pages up over my head.(A Monstrous Regiment of Women)

I crawled into my books and pulled the pages up over my head.
(A Monstrous Regiment of Women)

Laurie R. King quotes: Moments of pure relaxation were rare for me. There was always the nagging of books unread, work undone, time a-wasting.

Moments of pure relaxation were rare for me. There was always the nagging of books unread, work undone, time a-wasting.

Laurie R. King quotes: I am watching bees.

I am watching bees.