Asking questions Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“(She’d always wondered, or even daydreamed, what it was like to actually work with great detectives, rather than just read about them. It was…

— Genevieve Cogman

“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”

— Anthony Horowitz

“> Have you heard the one about the cross-eyed teacher who had trouble with her pupils?”

— Hudson Moore

“The child had wanted attention. She had just asked to be noticed. But she was given an assessment. 'What a clever girl!”

— Peter Høeg

“She was learning that if she pretended to be weak and frightened, and dabbed at her eyes with a lacy handkerchief, she could turn…

— Philip Pullman

“You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police…

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“The other instructors, even his mother, laughed at him for making work harder for himself and not teaching the workbook. But his students were…

— Lisa Ko

“Being a detective can be dangerous! Thanks for the assist.”

— Franklin W. Dixon

“I remember always being baffled by other children. I would be at a birthday party and watch the other kids giggling and making faces,…

— Gillian Flynn

“Actually, I liked the principal’s office. It was interesting to see the teachers come and go, talking about what they would have for lunch…

— Walter Dean Myers

“The first children of my age that I knew were in kindergarten. They seemed very strange, they laughed and talked and seemed happy. I…

— Charles Bukowski

“Are you going to be making a point any time soon, or are you holding up the game to brag about your detective skills?”

— Tarryn Fisher