The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. III Quotes

“Crime is common. Logic is rare.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Vol. III: The Novels

“To a great mind nothing is little.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

“A forced marriage is no marriage.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

“Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details. My friend Watson could tell you that I spent a whole morning in that exercise. It is no easy matter, and requires a strong and practiced arm.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

“You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyale, The Complete Novels Sherlock Holmes

“So engrossed was he with his occupation that he appeared to have forgotten our presence, for he chattered away to himself under his breath the whole time, keeping up a running fire of exclamations, groans, whistles, and little cries suggestive of encouragement and of hope.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Complete Sherlock Holmes Novels: Complete Novels

“a conjurer gets no credit once he has explained his trick;”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

“not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.’ ‘But”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Novels