Wisdom Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“The thoughts of his mind, besides, were of the gloomiest dye; and when he glanced at the companion of his drive, he was conscious…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“in the absence of real power blood seemed the only alternative. though he could walk away, and had to walk away, he could not…

— Thomas Williams

“He perceived with dismay that the sort of frightful calm which the injustice of his misfortune had conferred upon him was giving way within…

— Victor Hugo

“The sound of his rough voice was…comforting, like there was safety wherever he was. Well, some safety…he certainly had an awful lot of sneaky…

— Cherise Sinclair

“Was he angry? Was he hungry? The shifting theories of the police were ominous and tantalizing—what could attack so brutally, yet so carefully, that…

— Dan Wells

“He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind.”

— T.H. White

“... this imminent danger seemed to take bodily shape, and I could almost fancy that I saw this most loathsome and dangerous of all…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.”

— Davis Bunn

“He tried sedatives and hypnotics but they made him dependent, sending him inward in tight spirals. Every act he performed was self-haunted and synthetic.…

— Don DeLillo

“The swift greyhounds chased him for hours, wearing the wolf down, tiring him out so he would be too weak to give more than…

— E.D. Walker

“Sturmhond had a way of talking that made me want to shoot someone. Preferably him.”

— Leigh Bardugo