Sherlock Holmes In The Sign Of Four Quotes & Sayings

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy. — Paul Auster

Edith Wharton with the death penalty — Simon Sebag Montefiore

You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is no concealment possible. When, then, did he come?"
Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four — Arthur Conan Doyle

If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o'-the-wisps of the imagination. — Arthur Conan Doyle

May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition. — Mahatma Gandhi

There are two types of persons in the world. If you're not the majority, you're either dead or succeeding at something. — Robin Sacredfire

Afterward, I felt it had been wrong not telling the family about the baby, because then I wanted them to know about the miscarriage, so that they knew the baby had existed. But when I told people, they seemed more interested in the fact that I'd kept the pregnancy a secret. They felt they'd been tricked. They said things like "Oh, I did wonder that day when you didn't drink at the Easter BBQ but you said you just didn't feel like drinking!" In other words, LIAR. — Liane Moriarty

Europe clearly is the only place where people can speak up critically, and this is a unique cultural value. — Shirin Ebadi

Work gives a person the chance to become a blessing to other people. — Sunday Adelaja

Some goalkeepers are really sexy with their feet. I have a little sexiness with my feet, but I don't like to bring it out. — Tim Howard

Knights would have probably liked refrigerator magnets. — Demetri Martin

I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the duncoloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? — Arthur Conan Doyle