If it takes us 10 years to get into the shit, it will take us 20 to get out.

And the journey starts NOW.

Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

The sky was like ebony and the only illumination was the harsh white light of the central streetlamp, which cast shadows so hard it seemed you might cut yourself on them.

Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.

I'll tell you what love is" I said, "It is blind devotion, unquestioning self humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your heart and soul to the smiter.