Detectives Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“I abhour the dull routine of existence" - Sherlock Holmes”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it. -Sherlock Holmes”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“The few questions I had asked had been futile and I was suddenly dispirited, for it had occurred to me that had Holmes been…

— Anthony Horowitz

“And so reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! I thank you for your past constancy, and can but hope that some return has been made…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“the only viable option is to Sherlock the shit out of this.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to read the body language that people’s homes present.”

— Jarod Kintz

“To make a current example, the world can find human interest in the death and the love affairs and the pallid addiction to cocaine…

— John Albert Macy

“Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of…

— Laurie R. King

“It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene. [ An Invitation to Learning , January 1942]”

— Rex Stout

“No one except Sherlock Holmes thought he should be going anywhere, least of all his long-suffering doctor, but the game was afoot.”

— Emma Jane Holloway