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Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle

“Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah, I am wandering! Strange how the brain controls the brain! What was I saying, Watson?”

Book:Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories

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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories

This book includes all the original short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, showcasing the character of Sherlock Holmes and his deductive reasoning in solving complex mysteries. more

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle, born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, was a renowned Scottish physician and writer. He is best known for his creation of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective novels, which have had a profound impact on the development of detective fiction and played a crucial role in shaping modern detective culture. more

“Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned into comic books and plastic cigarette cases; if we drive the few remaining members of the wild species into zoos or to extinction; if we pollute the last clear air and dirty the last clean streams and push our paved roads through the last of the silence . . .”

Source: The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner

“I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not on the right occasions.”

Real Justice Our Lives Faults Injustice Curious Occasions Mixtures Justice And Injustice

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Exactly. You can shoulder all the blame and become a martyr. Provided anyone knows what or who you're martyring for. Or you can accept that some things are important enough to fight for and realize there will be sacrifices along the way.”

Knows Way Important Enough Fighting Realizing Accepting Sacrifice Blame Shoulders Martyr

Book:Inside: Inside Out\Outside In

Source: Inside: Inside Out\Outside In

“Holy angel, in Heaven blessed, My spirit longs with thee to rest”

Spirit Heaven Holy Angel Blessed Thee Angel In Heaven

Book:The Phantom of the Opera

Source: The Phantom of the Opera

“Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was as golden as the sun's rays, and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes. She wheedled her mother, was kind to her doll, took great care of her frock and her red shoes and her fiddle, but loved most of all, when she went to sleep, to hear the Angel of Music.”

Source: The Phantom of the Opera & The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Mystery Classics): The Ultimate Gothic Romance Mystery and One of the First Locked-Room Crime Mysteries

“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”

Inspirational Dream Time Memories Machines Our Time Time Machine

Author:Jeremy Irons

“I'm not slick. I'm not polished. I think my strength is in reacting.”

Thinking Polished Reacting Slick

Author:Billy Bush

“That's the thing with handmade items. They still have the person's mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone. This is why everyone who eats a Whopper leaves a little more depressed than they were when they came in. Nobody cooked that burger.”

Feels Littles Persons Stills Mark Items Burgers Handmade

Author:Aimee Bender

“My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me, I guess. My pen is a pipe from my heart to the paper. It’s about the most important thing I own.”

Writing Heart Mean Important Shows My Heart Paper Important Things Pens Pipe Noticing Torches

Book:The Dead of Night