“The world is woven from billions of lives, every strand crossing every other. What we call premonition is just movement of the web. If you could attenuate to every strand of quivering data, the future would be entirely calculable, as inevitable as mathematics.” — Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 3, Episode 2: The Sign of Three, 2014
“You're not haunted by the war, Dr. Watson. You miss it.” — Sherlock Holmes · BBC Sherlock, Series 1, Episode 1: A Study in Pink, 2010
“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