Quotes from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Quotes from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (created by Arthur Conan Doyle) in the 1892 short story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze".

But feelings are just having a picture on the screen in your head
of what is going to happen tomorrow or next year
or what might have happend instead of what did happen
and if it is a happy picture they smile,
and if it is a sad picture they cry.
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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It's always there. The truth. You just need to look for it.
Sometimes, you must dangle your feet in the water to attract the sharks.
You rarely find that kidnap victims have planned for their own disappearance.
Look for what's there, not what you want to be there.
The choice is always yours. Whatever society may claim, it can't control you.
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
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Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side.
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You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.
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Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
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People spend more time talking than thinking.
As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.
Emotions are most dangerous when silenced.
It's normal to understand something logically but emotionally feel something different.
Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
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