silvertons:

He said that you needed a change. That you’re going to a different meeting. Is that what’s going on? Well, you followed me to Van Kirk Park this morning, so I’m sure you know that it isn’t.

lifeisjustalonelyhighway:

aka How to Wake Up Joan Watson: 100 + 1 Ways by Sherlock Holmes

silvertons:

Why are you quoting Antony and Cleopatra? There was an oncologist I knew. He used to recite that to himself whenever he had to deliver a bad prognosis. It’s just a reminder to speak simply and honestly to a patient and not sugarcoat the bad news.

katasstrophee:

Sherlock waking Joan again in 3.06

lifeisjustalonelyhighway:

“I think I could have done a better job explaining why it’s important. At least explaining why it’s important to me. When you and I first started, I quickly recognized your merits, both as a detective in your own right and in that you facilitated my own process. I’m better at the work I do because of you. But over the years the relative importance of those two values has flipped. I now value the work that we do, first and foremost, because I do it with you. So if at times I seem overprotective of the system that we’ve built if I worry that the resentments of others might disrupt it, I have good reason.”

silvertons:

When you and I first started, I quickly recognized your merits, both as a detective in your own right and in that you facilitated my own process.