The House of Silk Quotes

“Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?”
― Anthony Horowitz, Dům hedvábí

“I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“I had received an answer to the question that Holmes had put to me. Now all I needed to know was why I had asked it.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“There are, I think, occasions when you know that you have arrived at the end of a long journey, when, even though your destination is still concealed from sight, you are somehow aware that when you turn the corner that lies just ahead of you, there it will be.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“We’re all on the road to ruin but some are further ahead than others.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“The few questions I had asked had been futile and I was suddenly dispirited, for it had occurred to me that had Holmes been present, he would have probably have solved the entire mystery by now.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“If I were of a philosophical frame of mind I might wonder to what extent any one of us is in control of our own destiny, or if indeed we can ever predict the far-reaching consequences of actions which, at the time, may seem entirely trivial.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“a detective must occasionally be guided by his worst imaginings – which is to say that he must put himself in the mind of the criminal.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are. It is no exaggeration to suggest that they would tear apart the entire fabric of society and, particularly at a time of war, this is something I cannot risk.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“He had entered a veritable miasma of evil, and harm, in the worst possible way, was to come to us all too soon.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Holmes had returned entirely to his old self – secretive, over-confident and thoroughly annoying.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Je l'entends toujours. Alors que je repose mon stylographe et que je me dirige vers mon lit, je perçois l'archet qu'on tire sur le chevalet, et la musique qui s'élève dans le ciel nocturne. C'est lointain et à peine audible - mais c'est là! Un pizzicato. Un trémolo. Le style est impossible à à confondre avec un autre. C'est Sherlock Holmes. ll faut que ce soit lui. J'espère que c'est pour moi qu'il joue...”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“general demeanour of a rat”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“But at the same time I recalled something Holmes had said to me many times, namely that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Everything has a relevance,’ remarked Holmes.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“entusiasta. Aunque era más”
― Anthony Horowitz, La Casa de la Seda

“belief that has become the main cause of her illness, Mr Holmes. As I told your colleague, I have tasted every single morsel that has passed her lips with no ill-effect at all. I do not understand the curse that has come upon me. Before I met you, I was a happy man.’ ‘And hope to be again, I am sure.’ We climbed back up to the attic room that I had been in before. As we arrived at the doorway,”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child. A”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“It would upset me to have to be discourteous to you, so I would be obliged if you did not communicate with me again except, of course, in the most urgent circumstances. I wish you a good evening.’ It”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Покажите Холмсу каплю воды, и он убедит вас в существовании Атлантического океана. Покажите ее мне — и я стану искать кран. Вот в чем было главное наше отличие.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Ломбард — лоно утраченных иллюзий и несбывшихся грез! Каждый класс, каждая профессия, каждый социальный слой были представлены в этих плохо вымытых витринах: к стеклу, подобно бабочкам, были пришпилены самые разнообразные осколки человеческих жизней. [...] окне ломбарда можно было проследить, как человечество приходит в упадок. Но это же окно было пиршеством для глаз.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“Можно сказать, что детство — это первая драгоценная монетка, которую у ребенка забирает бедность.”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“content and only his death would suffice. The metal key that”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“uttered”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

“embrocation”
― Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk