She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Description, Simile, Awkwardness, Observation, Literary Style
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“Love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Emotion, Reason, Logic, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Emotion, Reason, Logic, Sherlock Holmes“The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Friendship, Marriage, Loneliness, Change, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Friendship, Marriage, Loneliness, Change, Sherlock Holmes“It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked with little fleecy white clouds drifting across from west to east. The sun was shining very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man's energy.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Weather, Description, Nature, Energy, Atmosphere
Arthur Conan Doyle Weather, Description, Nature, Energy, Atmosphere“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Exhaustion, Metaphor, Energy, Futility, Human Condition
Arthur Conan Doyle Exhaustion, Metaphor, Energy, Futility, Human Condition“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading, Memory, Knowledge, Trivia, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Reading, Memory, Knowledge, Trivia, Sherlock Holmes“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Details, Observation, Advice, Detective Work, Methodology
Arthur Conan Doyle Details, Observation, Advice, Detective Work, Methodology“The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Marriage, Humor, Odd Behavior, Domestic Dispute, Human Quirks
Arthur Conan Doyle Marriage, Humor, Odd Behavior, Domestic Dispute, Human Quirks“Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Danger, Moderation, Caution, Risk Assessment, Balanced Approach
Arthur Conan Doyle Danger, Moderation, Caution, Risk Assessment, Balanced Approach“I am a man who am slow to change; and, if you take away from me the faith that I have been taught, it would be long ere I could learn one to set in its place. It is but a chip here and a chip there, yet it may bring the tree down in time.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Change, Faith, Beliefs, Personal Growth, Gradual Transformation
Arthur Conan Doyle Change, Faith, Beliefs, Personal Growth, Gradual Transformation“How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his consciousness has drifted out of its untenable earthly harbor into the great sea beyond!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience“We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Probability, Science, Imagination, Deduction, Logical Reasoning
Arthur Conan Doyle Probability, Science, Imagination, Deduction, Logical Reasoning“It is not what we know, but what we can prove.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Proof, Knowledge, Evidence, Legal Principle, Investigation
Arthur Conan Doyle Proof, Knowledge, Evidence, Legal Principle, Investigation“The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Power, Limitations, Authority, Helplessness, Government Support
Arthur Conan Doyle Power, Limitations, Authority, Helplessness, Government Support“The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Appearances, Deception, Morality, Judgment, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Appearances, Deception, Morality, Judgment, Human Nature“Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Violence, Karma, Justice, Consequences, Moral Philosophy
Arthur Conan Doyle Violence, Karma, Justice, Consequences, Moral Philosophy“This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Social Obligation, Boredom, Honesty, Cynicism, Human Interaction
Arthur Conan Doyle Social Obligation, Boredom, Honesty, Cynicism, Human Interaction“When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Modernity, Banking, Treasure, Humor, Social Change
Arthur Conan Doyle Modernity, Banking, Treasure, Humor, Social Change“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Memory, Organization, Intellect, Mental Capacity
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Memory, Organization, Intellect, Mental Capacity“What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Meaning, Universe, Philosophy, Human Condition, Existential Questions
Arthur Conan Doyle Meaning, Universe, Philosophy, Human Condition, Existential Questions