You think strength is something physical. It’s body mass and muscle and reach. All of which you have over me, and yet I’ve bested you in every encounter. Why? Because real strength comes from here, and here.[to Sherlock]
You look at the world and see nothing but yourself.[to Silas]
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, that must be the truth.[to Sherlock]
We act on our desires. We act out of self-interest.[to Beatrice]
They say that it’s the unconscious desire of every thief to be caught. That it’s the fear of incarceration that gives freedom its currency.
There’s always another solution to every equation.
The world we inhabit is built, brick by brick, on human sadness. And it’s survival of the fittest. But you know the most radical, original thought of all? We are not above nature. Some of us are humble worker bees. Others lead the dance.
The hand of mercy means nothing without the hand of judgement.
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The fundamental fault of man is to think the enemy is external, not internal.
The answer to many of life’s problems lie at the bottom of a glass.
Seneca says the problem with this life is not that it’s short. It’s that we waste an awful lot of it dicking about.
Never underestimate the human need for diversion.
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