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There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.

Arthur Conan Doyle

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

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I think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Born: May 22, 1859

Died: July 7, 1930 (aged 71)

Bio: Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician, most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Known for:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
A Study in Scarlet (1887)
The Lost World (1912)
The Sign of the Four (1890)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)

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man, watson, holmes, life, time, human, reason, nature, brain, woman, crime, love, dog, sherlock, violence

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