You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Devotion, Romance, Affection, Single-mindedness
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“I could not rest, Watson, I could not sit quiet in my chair, if I thought that such a man as Professor Moriarty were walking the streets of London unchallenged.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Duty, Restlessness, Evil, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Duty, Restlessness, Evil, Sherlock Holmes“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“I love and am loved by a better man than he.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Comparison, Self-worth, Relationships, Emotional Declaration
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Comparison, Self-worth, Relationships, Emotional Declaration“There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Supernatural, Solitude, Mystery, Atmosphere, Human Courage
Arthur Conan Doyle Supernatural, Solitude, Mystery, Atmosphere, Human Courage“It is the sweetest spring within the memory of man. So green, so mild, so beautiful! Ah, what a contrast between nature without and my own soul so torn with doubt and terror!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Contrast, Inner Turmoil, Beauty, Emotional State“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity“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
Arthur Conan Doyle Description, Simile, Awkwardness, Observation, Literary Style“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Cycling, Depression, Exercise, Mental Health, Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Cycling, Depression, Exercise, Mental Health, Nature“The game is afoot.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventure, Investigation, Excitement, Challenge, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Adventure, Investigation, Excitement, Challenge, Sherlock Holmes“Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah, I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain! What was I saying, Watson?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Distraction, Thought Process, Mental Wandering, Self-awareness, Conversation
Arthur Conan Doyle Distraction, Thought Process, Mental Wandering, Self-awareness, Conversation“So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventure, Unknown, Fate, Exploration, Last Words
Arthur Conan Doyle Adventure, Unknown, Fate, Exploration, Last Words“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“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Imagination, Reality, Strangeness, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Imagination, Reality, Strangeness, Human Experience“If she were seventeen at the time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty now – a sweet age, when youth has lost its self-consciousness and become a little sobered by experience.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth“I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Perspective, Humility, Human Limitations, Philosophical Reflection
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Perspective, Humility, Human Limitations, Philosophical Reflection“A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Friendship, Companionship, Storytelling, Usefulness, Collaboration
Arthur Conan Doyle Friendship, Companionship, Storytelling, Usefulness, Collaboration“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“The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth“It is just all the difference between happiness and misery," said Challenger with an abstracted face, still patting his wife's hand. "You can swim with the tide and have peace in mind and soul, or you can thrust against it and be bruised and weary. This business is beyond us, so let us accept it as it stands and say no more.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice
Arthur Conan Doyle Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice