Character-description Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“There ain't no harm in a hound, nohow.”

— Mark Twain

“My hound hath no nose.”

— Neil Gaiman

“What I should have seen was that his soul was just as black as his features.”

— Amy Noelle

“I have seen the absolute black; it was unspeakably beautiful.”

— C.P. Cavafy

“This latter was a remarkably large and beautiful animal, entirely black, and sagacious to an astonishing degree.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“His eyes had the ebb of his liver in them and he bore the air of a man who looks right at you and…

— Sam Lipsyte

“No, really. I think you have a very fine figure. Goodness, I meant as a hound . . . You look fine as a…

— William Ritter

“He had the soul of a fortress and eyes that had peered at the world from battlements too long.”

— Pat Conroy

“I had been right; his eyes appeared nearly black in the shadows.”

— Melissa Wright

“He must have felt a disturbance just beyond the boundless world his eyes perceived. Maybe like dogs we know when we are being hunted.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.”

— Molly Ringle

“It was not a monster that lay sleeping on the white sheets. Nor a faceless horror. Nor even the white bear. It was a…

— Edith Pattou