Lucy

“You don’t mind breaking the law?” “Not in the least.” “Nor running a chance of arrest?” “Not in a good cause.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“For him, politeness was a surgical mask, something he slipped on before he took out his scalpel.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The Word is Murder

“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.” “Frequently.” “How often?” “Well, some hundreds of times.” “Then how many are there?” “How many? I don’t know.” “Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories and 4 Novels