Detective Fowler Quotes & Sayings

To correspond to; to suit with. In water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man.BibleProv.xxvii. 19.7. — Samuel Johnson

The young detective possessed that peculiar ability more common to elderly men, which produces negative energy around electrical equipment, turning even the most basic appliances into weapons of destruction. — Christopher Fowler

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn't he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn't need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887. — Christopher Fowler

We are on the earth, and they tell us of heaven; we are human beings, and they tell us of angels and devils; we are matter, and they tell us of spirit; we have five senses whereby to admit truths, and a reasoning faculty by which to build our belief upon them; and they tell us of dreams dreamed thousands of years ago, which our experience flatly contradicts. — Frances Wright

Your happy destiny is unavoidable. — Neale Donald Walsch

There are no words. It was like The Lord of the Rings and All My Children made a baby with the Macho Man Randy Savage and a Whac-A-Mole machine. Butters sputtered — Jim Butcher

We wait for the fulfillment of our desires. We wait with hope, apathy, resignation, belief. We become despondent, elated. We wait — Frederick Lenz

I never would have thought of that word, "hospitality." I settle into the rhythm of my steps. — Paul Auster

Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like. — Martha Beck