I told you it was a backwoods. They probably still practice corn sacrifice.
Everyone is allowed a weakness, even women of the twentieth century.
. . the first spring in five free from the rumour of guns across the Channel, a spring anxious to make up for the cold winter, life bursting out after four years of death. All of England raised her fa...
The words given voice inside the mind are not always clear, however; they can be gentle and elliptical, what the prophets call the , the daughter of the voice of God, she who speaks in whispers and ha...
The problem in turning independent thinkers loose on a matter is, they tend to go beyond the theoretical and seize the chance for independent action. Thus,
Lady Molly, perhaps?
Ratiocination.
Who am I?’ you mean. He smiled at the question and gave what was at first glance a most oblique answer. Do you know what a fugue is? Are you changing the subject? No. I thought in silence for some dis...
When there is an emotional element in a belief, argument rarely has much effect.
The response to a festering sore was not to extol its virtues, but to lance the thing and let the poison bleed out.
The house was still, weighty with the comfort of a thousand books.
One must never disregard a message from the universe.
Margery, I blurted out in a passion of frustration. I don't know what to make of you!Nor I you, Mary. Frankly, I cannot begin to comprehend the motives of a person who dedicates a large portion of her...
I dislike the idea of a murderer employing children,' said Holmes darkly. ‘It is, I agree, bad for their morals, and interferes with their sleep.’ ‘And their schooling,’ added Holmes sententiously.
I did not think of myself as a detective; I was a student of theology, and I was to spend my life in exploration, not of the darker crannies of human misbehaviour, but of the heights of human speculat...
I became, in other words, more like Holmes than the man himself: brilliant, driven to a point of obsession, careless of myself, mindless of others, but without the passion and the deep-down, inbred lo...
For a man who claimed not to care much for women, Mr Holmes sure found some strong ones.
A Scotchwoman’s Shortbread Biscuits Cream together ½ pound (1 cup) warm butter with ¾ cup dark brown sugar. Work in 2 ¼ cups flour—slightly less if the mixture is too dry to hold together. Chill brie...
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.
When we arrived at his cottage we had known each other forever.