Arthur Conan Doyle
"...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards."
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"...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire all alive in his heart to follow any which may come within sight of him, that he breaks away... from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it''What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored, you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee''For my education, Holmes.''Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Accounts are not quite settled between us," said she, with a passion that equaled my own. "I can love, and I can hate. You had your choice. You chose to spurn the first; now you must test the other."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"(...) My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"I do not think that life has any joy to offer so complete, so soul-filling as that which comes upon the imaginative lad, whose spare time is limited, but who is able to snuggle down into a corner with his book, knowing that the next hour is all his own. And how vivid and fresh it all is!"
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Well, Watson, what do you make of it'Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.'How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head.''I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me', said he."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there, And warmly debated the matter; The Orthodox said that it came from the air, And the Heretics said from the platter. They argued it long and they argued it strong, And I hear they are arguing now; But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese, Not one of them thought of a cow."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"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."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers?"
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."
Arthur Conan Doyle
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