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Cytaty z tagiem "mycroftholmes" [7]
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I would welcome your opinion on this situation, Sherlock.'
'Me?' Sherlock was amazed. 'What can I possibly tell you about the future prospects of emotional relationships, or the suitability of suitors?'
'Firstly, I trust your fine mind, and secondly, you have had an emotional bond with a woman, which is more then I have done.' At Sherlock's obviously puzzled expression he added, 'Have you forgotten Virginia Crowe so soon? You were certainly strongly attracted to her, and she to you. And then there was Niamh Quintillan, in Galway. I thought I detected some mutual attraction there as well. Frankly - and this makes me rather sad - you have a better success rate with the opposite sex then I do.'.
Is your whole life like this? Sherlock asked.
"Like what?"
"Double- and triple-guessing the actions not only of everyone around you, but also of yourself?"
Mycroft considered for a moment. "Yes," he said finally. "Yes, I believe it is. It is called "international diplomacy"."
Sherlock laughed quietly. "I don't think I could do the job that you do, Mycroft. My thoughts are very direct: "A" always leads to "B" in my world. Tour thoughts twist and turn in all directions, apparently depending on the time of day, the ambient temperature and the wind direction."
Mycroft turned and gazed sympathetically at Sherlock.
"And that," he said quietly, "is why I envy you. My mind is already affected by what I do. I can never unwind those twists and turns. Your mind, by contrast, is so much simpler - and therefore so much happier.".
Sherlock glanced around at the faces of the others. They held a range of expression was, of course, on his brother's face.
Very clever." Mycroft relaxed back into his chair. "Your mind is so sharp, Sherlock, that you will end up cutting yourself one day.".
Mycroft had once said that reading a newspaper piece about politics was like reading a book review written by a man who had never read the book, but had told about it by a couple of people that he had bumped into in the street.
If there is one thing I have discovered about people it is this: nobody ever believes that they will die. Others around them, yes, but each person privately believes that they personaly are invincible.
Very clever." Mycroft relaxed back into his chair. "Your mind is so sharp, Sherlock, that you will end up cutting yourself one day.".