Arthur Conan Doyle - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894)

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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

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Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity…is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.

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It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.

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'Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'
'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'
'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'
'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.

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You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

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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?

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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

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Ross: Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?
Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Ross: The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Holmes: That was the curious incident.

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"Excellent!" I [Watson] cried.
"Elementary," said he [Holmes].

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I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by no means a nervous man. At the same time, it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

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I am afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain. Results without causes are much more impressive.

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[Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city.

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"... the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime." "The dog did nothing in the nighttime." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes.

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Like all Holmes's reasoning the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained.

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Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.

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