“I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for one second that I am one of them.” — Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 3: The Reichenbach Fall, 2012
“Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain.” — Jim Moriarty · BBC Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia, 2012
“Brainy is the new sexy.” — Irene Adler · BBC Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia, 2012
“I'm not a psychopath, Anderson. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.” — Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 1, Episode 1: A Study in Pink, 2010
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard · Journals, 1843
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde · The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891