Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DLwas an Irish-Scots writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 May 1859
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
nature humorous sarcasm
I have my own views about Nature's methods, though I feel that it is rather like a beetle giving his
hands weather trying
There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.
gentleman furniture violence
No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!
two soul links
My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.
holmes remains deductions
Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.
silly adventure noble
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
heart wedding-anniversary most-romantic
You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought.
giving mind rebel
My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
love good-night doors
You know how easily and suddenly these things happen, beginning in playful teasing and ending in something a little warmer than friendship. You squeeze the slender arm which is passed through yours, you venture to take the little gloved hand, you say good night at absurd length in the shadow of the door. It is innocent and very interesting, love trying his wings in a first little flutter.
holmes cases
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
men years holmes
If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.
mind littles great-minds
To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.
horse middle ends
horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle
medicine fiction fancy
'There's no need for fiction in medicine,' remarks Foster... 'for the facts will always beat anything you fancy.'