872 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.

I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.

It is hard luck on a young fellow to have expensive tastes, great expectations, aristocratic connections but no actual money in his pocket, and no profession by which he may earn any.

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

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?

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.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

I think that I had better go, Holmes.""Not a bit, doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.