Milverton's Quotes

#1. Charles Augustus Milverton was a man of fifty, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump, hairless face, a perpetual frozen smile, and two keen gray eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, gold-rimmed glasses.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#2. Perception begins with what is experienced, rather than beginning with what is expected; the model is to "see and understand" rather than "understand and see.

Paul Dourish

#3. You can't wait around for someone else to make you happy. Make joy in your own heart and go from there.

Ellen C. Maze

#4. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON

Arthur Conan Doyle

#5. Mrs. Mitchell, Henna greets, her voice three sizes smaller than a minute ago.

Patrick Ness

#6. You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?"
"No, indeed!"
"You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged."
"My dear fellow! I congrat-"
"To Milverton's housemaid."
"My dear Holmes!"
"I wanted information, Watson.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#7. My heart is a teacup with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to walk real carefully so it won't get shaken and just all shatter and break.

Francesca Lia Block

#8. I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Jonathan Winters