Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may come to middle age; but never to ardent three-and-twenty in the fever of his first love.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Youth, Risk, Selfishness, Age Difference
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“A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Music, Relaxation, Simple Pleasures, Harmony, Artistic Pursuit
Arthur Conan Doyle Music, Relaxation, Simple Pleasures, Harmony, Artistic Pursuit“Patience, my friend, patience! You will find in time that it has everything to do with it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Patience, Wisdom, Time, Understanding, Life Lesson
Arthur Conan Doyle Patience, Wisdom, Time, Understanding, Life Lesson“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving“You yourself may not be luminous, but you are a conductor of light.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Inspiration, Influence, Intelligence, Metaphor, Compliment
Arthur Conan Doyle Inspiration, Influence, Intelligence, Metaphor, Compliment“I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Loneliness, Isolation, Friendship, Daily Life, Social Interaction
Arthur Conan Doyle Loneliness, Isolation, Friendship, Daily Life, Social Interaction“Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Suicide, Morality, Responsibility, Self-preservation
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Suicide, Morality, Responsibility, Self-preservation“Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Evil, Women, Mourning, Character Judgment, Relationships
Arthur Conan Doyle Evil, Women, Mourning, Character Judgment, Relationships“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Imagination, Truth, Creativity, Insight, Intellectual Curiosity
Arthur Conan Doyle Imagination, Truth, Creativity, Insight, Intellectual Curiosity“Three quiet days. This hell fiend is like a cat with a mouse. She lets me loose only to pounce upon me again. I am never so frightened as when every thing is still.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Fear, Anticipation, Torment, Stillness, Psychological Warfare
Arthur Conan Doyle Fear, Anticipation, Torment, Stillness, Psychological Warfare“There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.' There is as much sense in Hafiz as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the world." a.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Wisdom, Danger, Women, Literary Reference, Life Lessons
Arthur Conan Doyle Wisdom, Danger, Women, Literary Reference, Life Lessons“You mentioned your name as if I should recognize it, but beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a freemason, and an asthmatic, I know nothing whatever about you.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Observation, Analysis, Character Assessment, First Impression
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Observation, Analysis, Character Assessment, First Impression“She could but refuse me, and better be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Rejection, Relationships, Risk-taking, Emotional Vulnerability
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Rejection, Relationships, Risk-taking, Emotional Vulnerability“Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature“There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Eccentricity, Diversity, Society, Human Nature, Unconventional People
Arthur Conan Doyle Eccentricity, Diversity, Society, Human Nature, Unconventional People“The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes, Story Title, Detective Fiction, Literary Work, Mystery
Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, Story Title, Detective Fiction, Literary Work, Mystery“For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Admiration, Character, Intellect, Emotion, Rare Moment
Arthur Conan Doyle Admiration, Character, Intellect, Emotion, Rare Moment“Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Networking, Success, Skills, Genius, Professional Relationships
Arthur Conan Doyle Networking, Success, Skills, Genius, Professional Relationships“It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and no profession by which he may earn any.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Wealth, Expectations, Social Class, Youth, Financial Struggles
Arthur Conan Doyle Wealth, Expectations, Social Class, Youth, Financial Struggles“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential“How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Perspective, Morning, Adventure, Human Insignificance
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Perspective, Morning, Adventure, Human Insignificance