“But, none the less, my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Vernet, the French artist. Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter”
Sherlock Holmes: Terror By Night (1946) (a valuable jewel is being transported by train to Scotland)
“And a singularly consistent investigation you have made, my dear Watson,” said he. “I cannot at the moment recall any possible blunder which you have omitted.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”
“The husband was a teetotaller, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his false teeth and hurling them at his wife.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “A Case of Identity”
I read an excellent and very damaging criticism of the story [Silver Blaze] in some sporting paper, written clearly by a man who did know, in which he explained the exact penalties which would have come upon every one concerned if they had acted as I described. Half would have been in jail and the other half warned off the turf for ever. However, I have never been nervous about details, and one must be masterful sometimes.
— In “Sidelights On Sherlock Holmes", from Doyle's memoir _Memories and Adventures_
Via Len at the Fifth Northumberland Fusileers meeting. My new favorite thing in the world. #SherlockHolmes
“Oh, he rates my assistance too highly,” said Sherlock Holmes, lightly. “He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge; and that may come in time.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Sign of the Four”
I trust that I am not more dense than my neighbors, but I was always oppressed with a sense of my own stupidity in my dealings with Sherlock Holmes.
— Watson, in “The Red Headed League”
So unworldly was he — or so capricious — that he frequently refused his help to the powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most intense application to the affairs of some humble client whose case presented those strange and dramatic qualities which appealed to his imagination and challenged his ingenuity.
— Watson's description of Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of Black Peter”
"'You crossed my path on the 4th of January,' said he. 'On the 23d you incommoded me; by the middle of February I was seriously inconvenienced by you; at the end of March I was absolutely hampered in my plans; and now, at the close of April, I find myself placed in such a position through your continual persecution that I am in positive danger of losing my liberty. The situation is becoming an impossible one.'”
— Professor Moriarty, speaking to Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem”
The public not unnaturally goes on the principle that he who would heal others must himself be whole, and looks askance at the curative powers of the man whose own case is beyond the reach of his drugs.
— Watson, in “The Stock-Brocker's Clerk”
¡Ya está disponible mi cómic de Sherlock Holmes que hice para el fanzine Fodongo, un proyecto de @jectoons que me encanta! https://fodongo.jectoons.net/comic/the-red-headed-hounds-league-by-juanele-tamal/
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“Now,” said Holmes, when the rejoicing lackey had disappeared, “having secured the future, we can afford to be more lenient with the past.”
— From “The Adventure of the Priory School”
“You mentioned your name, as if I should recognize it, but I assure you that, beyond the obvious facts that you are a bachelor, a solicitor, a Freemason, and an asthmatic, I know nothing whatever about you.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder”
Congrats to @NarrelleMHarris for being a finalist for the writer of Best Fantasy Novel in the Aurealis Awards held this afternoon!
Her book which was shortlisted for the award is The She-Wolf of Baker Street: https://www.clandestinepress.net/products/she-wolf-of-baker-street
“There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of Black Peter”
“Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Sign of the Four”
Life has become like that great Grimpen Mire, with little green patches everywhere into which one may sink and with no guide to point the track.
— From “The Hound of the Baskervilles”
Started reading The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Alternating between audiobook and ebook on Apple Books. So manual WhisperSync 
“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones. And their passing moods may reflect the passing moods of others.”
— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Creeping Man”
