The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it.
Arthur Conan DoyleI am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?
Arthur Conan DoyleI think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge.
Arthur Conan DoyleIt's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
Arthur Conan DoyleSeveral incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.
Arthur Conan DoyleYou know how easily and suddenly these things happen, beginning in playful teasing and ending in something a little warmer than friendship. You squeeze the slender arm which is passed through yours, you venture to take the little gloved hand, you say good night at absurd length in the shadow of the door. It is innocent and very interesting, love trying his wings in a first little flutter.
Arthur Conan Doyle