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If man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit — Mark Frost, The List of Seven
It's a fallacy to believe that age in itself brings wisdom, but one thing it infallibly brings is experience. — Gillian Linscott, Holmes for the Holidays
She leaned back, closing her eyes and blowing out a thin wisp of smoke. “He was always a good-looking man. Your eyes are — Angela Misri, Jewel of the Thames
Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you — Arthur Conan Doyle
More accurately, on the bed and on the table lay various pieces of what had once been a body.Holmes was leaning with his — Lyndsay Faye, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
we are two like-minded creatures too well-matched, both equal halves of a whole not altogether wholesome — Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez, Shining from a Different Firmament
It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more d — Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I
Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchw — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes
There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of t — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex expl — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
My friend opened a small box which Lestrade had produced. Inside lay a beautiful silver cigarette case monogrammed with — Lyndsay Faye, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
Why, of course, if the reader were smart enough, he could figure the whole thing through after just the first few pages! — Graham Moore, The Sherlockian
Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how it glints and spark — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses. — Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell
He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in th — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes
It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Bruce-Partington Plans
I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart. — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Return of Sherlock Holmes