872 Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. “If your friend,” she said, “would be good enough to stop, he might be of inestimable service to me.

Yes, it is an interesting instance of a throwback, which appears to be both physical and spiritual.

I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.

I spent the night in town, for I came up yesterday.

I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

Several times during the last three years I have taken up my pen to write to you, but always I feared lest your affectionate regard for me should tempt you to some indiscretion which would betray my secret.

I am inclined to think – ” said I. “I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. I believe that I am one of the most long-suffering of mortals; but I’ll admit that I was annoyed at the sardonic interruption. “Really, Holmes,” said I severely, “you are a little trying at times.

Exactly, Watson. Pathetic and futile. But is not all life pathetic and futile? Is not his story a microcosm of the whole? We reach. We grasp. And what is left in our hands at the end? A shadow. Or worse than a shadow – misery.