“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
― The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“You know, I never did call him Watson – he was John, simply John.”
― A Slight Trick of the Mind
― A Slight Trick of the Mind
“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
― The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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