Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
circles done wheels
Everything comes in circles. [...] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.
waiting
One must wait till it comes.
thinking gentleman pockets
I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent argument with gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into knots. That and a tooth-brush are, I think, all that we need.
usual holmes compounds
I suppose I shall have to compound a felony, as usual. - Sherlock Holmes
heart wickedness holmes
I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.
silly angel half
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.
men self satisfaction
Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.
men thinking good-man
I am not a very good man, Effie, but I think that I am a better one than you have given me credit for being.
office people treasure
When people bury treasure nowadays they do it in the Post-Office bank.
clever turns adaptable
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
selfish wife association
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.
soul body frantic
There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy.
thinking law drs
So swift, silent and furtive were his movements like those of a trained bloodhound picking out a scent, that I could not but think what a terrible criminal he would have made had he turned his energy and sagacity against the law instead of exerting them in its defense. -Dr. Watson, The Sign of the Four
danger cubs holmes
There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.