“ I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame! Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Dark nights are unpleasant," "Yes, for strangers to travel,""The clouds are heavy.""Yes, a storm is approaching. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Sherlock Holmes and I surveyed this curt announcement and the rueful face behind it, until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories ov… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Holmes,” I cried, “this is impossible.” “Admirable!” he said. “A most illuminating remark. It IS impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong. Yet you saw for yo… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Why should you, for a mere passing pleasure, risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed? Arthur Conan Doyle
“ The statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us on the two luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace. Standing on the rug between us, with… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his h… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ I have wrought my simple planIf I give one hour of joyTo the boy who’s half a man,Or the man who’s half a boy. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Truly, the old maid is a most useful person, one of the reserve forces of the community. They talk of the superfluous woman, but what would the poor superfluous man do without her kindly presence? Arthur Conan Doyle
“ The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. Arthur Conan Doyle
“ Some believe what separates men from animals is our ability to reason. Others say it’s language or romantic love, or opposable thumbs. Living here in this lost world, I’ve come to believe it is more t… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart. Arthur Conan Doyle
