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  • #1
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

  • #2
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

  • #3
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

  • #4
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “The game is afoot.”
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Adventure of the Abbey Grange - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

  • #5
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Christopher Roden; Tsukasa Kobayashi; Akane Higashiyama; Hiroshi Takata

  • #6
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.'
    That's a rather broad idea,' I remarked.
    One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature,' he answered.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

  • #7
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Musgrave Ritual - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

  • #8
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “I wanted to end the world, but I'll settle for ending yours.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle

  • #9
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “You're not hurt, Watson? For God's sake, say that you are not hurt!"
    It was worth a wound -- it was worth many wounds -- to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

  • #10
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”
    Arthur Conan Doyle , The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

  • #11
    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”
    Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, A Study in Scarlet

  • #12
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #13
    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #14
    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #15
    J.K. Rowling
    “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #16
    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #17
    J.K. Rowling
    “Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • #18
    J.K. Rowling
    “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #19
    J.K. Rowling
    “Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
    "After all this time?"
    "Always," said Snape.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #20
    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  • #21
    J.K. Rowling
    “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • #22
    J.K. Rowling
    “He can run faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #23
    J.K. Rowling
    “Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
    Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
    Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
    Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  • #24
    J.K. Rowling
    “You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!"
    "What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • #25
    J.K. Rowling
    “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • #26
    J.K. Rowling
    “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
    "Yes."
    "You called her a liar?"
    "Yes."
    "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
    "Yes."
    "Have a biscuit, Potter.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  • #27
    J.K. Rowling
    “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

  • #28
    Katie McGarry
    “I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.”
    Katie McGarry, Take Me On

  • #29
    J.K. Rowling
    “Not my daughter, you bitch!”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  • #30
    J.K. Rowling
    “Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.”
    J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire



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