"It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have...
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"On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I fin...
"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of ...
"Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ...
"Of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
"To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all...
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.
"Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the p...
"Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.3. Knowledge ...
"Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning.
"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
"There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my na...
"Oh how I've missed you, Holmes.
"Am dining at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chise...
"It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look down upon the houses like this."I thought he w...