“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
“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
“The game is afoot.”
― Adventure of the Abbey Grange - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― Adventure of the Abbey Grange - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”
― The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
― The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
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