“Moriarty rarely smiled,and then usually to terrify some poor victim. The first time I heard him laugh, I thought he had been struck by a deadly poison and the stutter escaping through his locked jaws was a death rattle.” SmileMoriartyDeath Rattle Book:Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles Source: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
“Dullards would have you believe that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth... but to a mathematical mind, the impossible is simply a theorem yet to be solved. We must not eliminate the impossible, we must conquer it, suborn it to our purpose.” ImpossibleMoriartyDeductionOccams Razor Book:Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles Source: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
“We need to stop the little girl," said Richard "pass me that shotgun.” Diogenes Club Book:The Man from the Diogenes Club Source: The Man from the Diogenes Club
“Moriarty smiled his adder’s smile. And I relaxed. I knew. My destiny and his wound together. It was a sensation I’d never got before upon meeting a man. When I’d had it from women, the upshot ranged from disappointment to attempted murder. Understand me, Professor James Moriarty was a hateful man, the most hateful, hateable, creature I have ever known, not excluding Sir Augustus and Kali’s Kitten and the Abominable Bloody Snow-Bastard and the Reverend Henry James Prince. He was something man-shaped that had crawled out from under a rock and moved into the manor house. But, at that moment, I was his, and I remain his forever. If I am remembered, it will be because I knew him. From that day on, he was my father, my commanding officer, my heathen idol, my fortune and terror and rapture.” VillainsBromanceMoriartySidekick Book:Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles Source: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
“Somehow, the notion that Professor Moriarty had parents - might have been a child - never sat right. A viper is a snake straight from the egg. I couldn't help but picture little Jamie as a balding midget in a sailor suit, spying Cook and the baker's boy rolling in the flour on the kitchen table through his toy telescope, and blackmailing them for extra buns.” MoriartyViper Book:Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles Source: Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles