Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer, so I picture such a spirit lurking in the dark of the house which he curses by his presence, and ready to float out upon all whom he can injure.

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.

Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.