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
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“It was a tremendously virile and yet sinister face which was turned towards us. With the brow of a philosopher above and the jaw of a sensualist below, the man must have started with great capacities for good or for evil. But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature's plainest danger-signals.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Character Description, Physiognomy, Evil, Human Nature, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Character Description, Physiognomy, Evil, Human Nature, Observation“Look at you. Why is the only woman you ever cared about a world-class criminal – are you a masochist?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Criminality, Psychology, Self-destructive Behavior, Relationships
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Criminality, Psychology, Self-destructive Behavior, Relationships“For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Imagination, Reality, Extraordinary, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Imagination, Reality, Extraordinary, Human Experience“If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Investigation, Hypothesis, Facts, Problem-solving, Scientific Method
Arthur Conan Doyle Investigation, Hypothesis, Facts, Problem-solving, Scientific Method“My mind 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. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mental Stimulation, Boredom, Work Ethic, Intellectual Challenge, Personal Trait
Arthur Conan Doyle Mental Stimulation, Boredom, Work Ethic, Intellectual Challenge, Personal Trait“What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instinct of beasts.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Human Nature, Philosophy, Existentialism, Knowledge, Cosmic Perspective
Arthur Conan Doyle Human Nature, Philosophy, Existentialism, Knowledge, Cosmic Perspective“You never tire of the moor. You cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast, and so barren, and so mysterious.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Mystery, Fascination, Exploration, Landscape
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Mystery, Fascination, Exploration, Landscape“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.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Dogs, Family, Personality, Reflection, Human-animal Relationship
Arthur Conan Doyle Dogs, Family, Personality, Reflection, Human-animal Relationship“Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving“You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Observation, Logic, Humor, Everyday Life
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Observation, Logic, Humor, Everyday Life“I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Humanity, Limitations, Humility, Investigation, Supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle Humanity, Limitations, Humility, Investigation, Supernatural“The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Acting, Success, Authenticity, Method Acting, Role Playing
Arthur Conan Doyle Acting, Success, Authenticity, Method Acting, Role Playing“The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Patience, Suffering, Life Lessons, Virtue, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Patience, Suffering, Life Lessons, Virtue, Human Nature“This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision“The truly inspired priest is the man or woman with the big brain. It.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Intelligence, Spirituality, Religion, Inspiration, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Intelligence, Spirituality, Religion, Inspiration, Human Potential“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?? 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic
Arthur Conan Doyle Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature“You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Devotion, Romance, Affection, Single-mindedness
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Devotion, Romance, Affection, Single-mindedness“Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance
Arthur Conan Doyle Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance“Sherlock Holmes had listened with the utmost intentness to the statement of the unhappy schoolmaster. His drawn brows and the deep furrow between them showed that he needed no exhortation to concentrate all his attention upon a problem which, apart from the tremendous interests involved must appeal so directly to his love of the complex and the unusual. He now drew out his notebook and jotted down one or two memoranda.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Concentration, Investigation, Complexity, Unusual Cases, Detective Work
Arthur Conan Doyle Concentration, Investigation, Complexity, Unusual Cases, Detective Work