"I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge."
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"There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you."
"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn."
"What one man can invent, another can discover."
"Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting."
"The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become."
"You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles."
"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth."
"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."
"I am inclined to think -' said I. `I should do so,' Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently."
"Oh how I've missed you, Holmes."
"My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all."
"…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all."
"There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman."
"Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes."
"You know my methods. Apply them."
"I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for"
"I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart."
"You would not call me a marrying man, Watson?" "No, indeed!" "You'll be interested to hear that I'm engaged." "My dear fellow! I congrat-" "To Milverton's housemaid." "My dear Holmes!" "I wanted information, Watson."
"It is all in the way of professional experience."
"I suppose I shall have to compound a felony as usual."