A Study in Silks Quotes

“Not that Dr Watson wasn't benign - he was one of the best souls in the Empire - but a man didn't get to be her uncle's right-hand man without a good uppercut and the stamina of a draft horse.”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“That's the trouble with gathering truth. It's never neat and tidy...”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“Finding a proper husband is rather like selecting a hound. They all have more bark than bite, my girl. One day you'll look across the breakfast table and realize the only option is obedience training. -Grandmamma Holmes”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“No one except Sherlock Holmes thought he should be going anywhere, least of all his long-suffering doctor, but the game was afoot.”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. —Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by John H. Watson, M.D., “The Adventure of the Yellow Face”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“I never took you for the defender of Sunday picnics and tea at five”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“A man needs an antidote to boredom. A man needs ambition.

To do what?”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“School did prepare a young person for life, but never in the ways parents expected.”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“Et pourtant il s'agissait d'un chapitre de son existence qu'elle avait le sentiment de devoir relire avant de pouvoir tout à fait tourner la page.”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks

“Pessimism is the basis of all sound expectations. If you foresee nothing good, no outrage can shock you.”
― Emma Jane Holloway, A Study in Silks