

“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

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
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“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

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
― A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

“I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.”
― A Study In Pink
― A Study In Pink
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