Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

"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."

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

"Anything is better than stagnation."

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

"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."

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

"When a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder"

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

"Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it."

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes