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> [But there can be no grave for Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...Shall they not always live in Baker Street? Are they not there this moment, as one writes? Outside, the hansoms rattle through the rain, and Moriarty plans his latest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/but-there-can-be-no-grave-for-sherlock-holmes-and-doctor-watson-shall/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

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## More by Vincent Starrett

> [“Here dwell together still two men of note Who never lived and so can never die: How very near they seem, yet how remote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/here-dwell-together-still-two-men-of-note-who-never-lived-and-so-can/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [“It is possible that the most misunderstood man upon earth is the collector of books…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/it-is-possible-that-the-most-misunderstood-man-upon-earth-is-the/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [“Man wants what he cannot have, or what is difficult to procure, or what he must wade through the blood of other men to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/man-wants-what-he-cannot-have-or-what-is-difficult-to-procure-or-what/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [The day before yesterday has always been a day of glamor, of gilt and glory. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/the-day-before-yesterday-has-always-been-a-day-of-glamor-of-gilt-and/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [But there can be no grave for Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson...Shall they not always live in Baker Street? Are they not there this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/but-there-can-be-no-grave-for-sherlock-holmes-and-doctor-watson-shall/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/when-we-are-collecting-books-we-are-collecting-happiness/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [Every new search is a voyage to the Indies, a quest for buried treasure, a journey to the end of the rainbow; and whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/every-new-search-is-a-voyage-to-the-indies-a-quest-for-buried/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [“For one thing, a first edition certainly is the edition nearest the heart of an author, the edition upon which his hopes were laid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/for-one-thing-a-first-edition-certainly-is-the-edition-nearest-the/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [The day before yesterday always has been a glamour day. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history as it does a meerschaum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/the-day-before-yesterday-always-has-been-a-glamour-day-the-present-is/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [Only those things the heart believes are true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/only-those-things-the-heart-believes-are-true/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

> [A yellow fog swirls past the window-pane As night descends upon the fabled street: A lonely hansom splashes through the rain, And ghostly gas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-starrett/a-yellow-fog-swirls-past-the-window-pane-as-night-descends-upon-the/)

[Vincent Starrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-starrett/)

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