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It has always seemed to me that so long as you produce your dramatic effect, accuracy of detail matters little. I have never striven for it and I have made some bad mistakes in consequence. What matter if I hold my readers? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white wines. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a housekeeper. ~ Sherlock Holmes ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... ↗

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing. ↗

— Laurie R. King

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