“I never had much respect for the collector's mind.”

“As much as some people would like to believe, for their own peace of mind, that the appearance of evil in this world had a clean cause, the truth was never that simple.”

““I never even liked cats all that much.”
“Surely you realize,” said Patience, “that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.””

“I have nothing but respect for you -- and not much of that.”

“America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.”

“Be a positive evidence collector”

“Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen…. what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished…”

“And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head.”

“I don’t pay much mind to politricks. Never met a politician who wouldn’t try to convince you that salt was sugar.”

“Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading.”