Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“The reason he could do none of the necessary things to take care of himself, on the few occasions when he thought of them,…

— Peter Pouncey

“He was, in other words, a careful man with careless impulses.”

— Dan Simmons

“Things went so well for him so often that no one ever needed to worry about how he behaved when they didn’t go well.”

— Michael Lewis

“Some things a man simply cannot do.”

— Emily Rodda

“There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just…

— Joanna Chambers

“He was doing what a man does when left with nothing. He was telling himself his own life story.”

— Mitch Albom

“Was there anything under those lids? Remorse, resentment, even indifference? Or was there only nothing? Nothing often poses in men as wisdom.”

— David Mitchell

“He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty.”

— Maugham W. Somerset (William Somerset

“He was not used to being at a loss. Usually, he was the gentleman with the plan. Every little detail cataloged and put in…

— Lish McBride

“Why did he have to be everything I did and everything I didn't need at any given moment?”

— Nicole Williams

“He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except leave it to a man who thought nothing of it.”

— Wendell Berry

“He was a master in the art of spreading boredom and playing the clumsy fool-though never so egregiously that people might enjoy making fun…

— Patrick Süskind