Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
Connection
"I didn't want you only as my pawn, Watson In fact. I--depended on you having--moves to make in the game. You know that I have always prided myself on being alone; above all influence. But I find now--that perhaps I have been searching for a real--real--match" (Holmes, 128)
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"Not just roommates. Friends" (Watson, 129).
Solving Life’s mysteries
"What if there are no answers, not every question can be answered! Not every piece will fit!" (Moriarty, 2)
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"Perhaps we can never be sure what game we are playing... All we hapless mortals can do is try to fit each piece together...without concentrating overmuch on the final picture... Because we never know what is coming next. Let alone--how we fit into the puzzle" (Moriarty, 130).
Empathy
"So if there is a me, there must be a counter-me. Somebody who cannot turn off their intense empathy; someone... able to distinguish genuine distress from fraud, and feel others' pain--very deeply indeed. A person of that nature might consider--themselves--broken. But I hypothesize that there is something useful, to be made--with their mixed-up pieces, even if it does not look like the picture on the box" (Holmes, 128).