You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?" "Yes, he did." "When did he say this?" "When he… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“On Westminster Bridge, Arthur was struck by the brightness of the streetlamps running across like a formation of stars. They shone white… — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“Let me see—what are my other shortcomings? I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in silence. "I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“I’m told that Sherlock Holmes never said, “Elementary, my dear Watson” (at least in the Arthur Conan Doyle books) Jimmy Cagney never… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“The swing of his nature took him from extreme languor to devouring energy; and as I knew well, he was never so… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No murderer had before or has since caused such a sensation, passed so quickly into folklore or gained an image – top… — Paul Begg Copy Share Image
“He got up. It was too early to go to bed; at least, he was not in the mood for it. He… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Sherlock Holmes is a literary figment. He lives in Neverland, so he always gets to be right. But if he tried to… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Are you prepared to be the complete Watson?" he asked. "Watson?" "Do-you-follow-me-Watson; that one. Are you prepared to have quite obvious things… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
“In one of the earlier Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle (not yet a Sir) made an observation on logical deduction. When… — Peter Clines Copy Share Image
“There it was, a sign above a shop that said 221B BAKER STREET. My mouth hung open. I looked around at the… — James R. Benn Copy Share Image
“It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine and betrayed his human love for… — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“... can I have the heart to fluster the flustered Thipps further—that's very difficult to say quickly—by appearing in a top-hat and… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
