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Evil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered. — John Haynes Holmes

Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. — John Clellon Holmes

No, Sherlock doesn't need another brain. But he could benefit from an extra heart. — Guy Adams

If the day is not going well you can start it again at any time — Chris Hutchins

John Andrew Holmes, No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up. — Tim Sanders

The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked. — John Clellon Holmes

Jazz music hashaunted America for seventy years.It has tempted us out of our lily-white reserve with its black promise of untrammeled joy. — John Clellon Holmes

Suddenly the dreamer disappeared, and Holmes, the man of action, sprang from his chair. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians are to patriotism. — John Haynes Holmes

It is all very well to say that a man is clever, but the reader wants to see examples of it ... — Arthur Conan Doyle

If this was a dick measuring contest, I found myself thinking numbly, then I was Pee Wee and she was John Holmes. — Jeaniene Frost

For invented gods invariably disappoint those who worship them. — John Clellon Holmes

But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take. — John Clellon Holmes

To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up. — John Holmes

The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free. — John Clellon Holmes

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. - Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by John H. Watson, M.D., "The Adventure of the Yellow Face — Emma Jane Holloway

...unlike the Lost Generation, which was occupied with the loss of faith, the Beat Generation is becoming more and more occupied with the need for it. — John Clellon Holmes

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. — John Holmes

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation. — John Haynes Holmes

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. — John Holmes

They were brought up in these ruins and no longer notice them. — John Clellon Holmes

I am lost without my Boswell.
[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.] — Arthur Conan Doyle

But not to our Muffin. — Dorothy B. Hughes

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there. — John Holmes

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. — John Holmes

Speaking professionally, it was admirably done."
-John H. Watson-
-The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes- — Arthur Conan Doyle

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. — John Holmes

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown. — John Holmes

I was forced to agree. — Arthur Conan Doyle

John [to Sherlock]: You're incredible. A genius. A good friend. And a lousy driver. — Guy Adams

The thought of immortality is as well founded as any other well authenticated postulate of the human reason. — John Haynes Holmes