Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

The future was with Fate. The present was our own.

~ The Poison Belt

I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.

The Man from Archangel

"My friend's wiry arms were around me and he was leading me to the chair.
"You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake say that you're not hurt!"
It was worth a wound -it was worth many wounds- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay beyond that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain."

You know my methods. Apply them.

His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.

I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.

As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.

He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.

So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

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.

"The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off the treasure! How's that?"
"On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside," said Holmes.

It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.