Arthur Conan Doyle

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#loves #old #our #worst

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#digs #does #falls #into #pit

The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action I can recall in our association. I was alone. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#friendship

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#change

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes

To a great mind, nothing is little. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#intelligence #observation #perspective #intelligence

I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of daily life. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes #life

We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#deception

There is a soul-jealousy that can be as frantic as any body-jealousy. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#jealousy