# Arthur Conan Doyle

- Quotes: 149
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle

## Books

- [A Study in Scarlet](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/a-study-in-scarlet.md) — 18 quotes
- [His Last Bow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/his-last-bow.md) — 25 quotes
- [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes.md) — 35 quotes
- [The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes.md) — 23 quotes
- [The Hound of the Baskervilles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles.md) — 6 quotes
- [The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-memoirs-of-sherlock-holmes.md) — 12 quotes
- [The Return of Sherlock Holmes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-return-of-sherlock-holmes.md) — 23 quotes
- [The Valley of Fear](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-valley-of-fear.md) — 7 quotes

## Recently added quotes

> "Of course I remembered him," said I as I laid down the letter. "Big Bob Ferguson, the finest three-quarter Richmond ever had. He was always a good-natured chap. It's like him to be so concerned over a friend's case."
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> Holmes looked at me thoughtfully and shook his head. "I never get your limits, Watson," said he. "There are unexplored possibilities about you. Take a wire down, like a good fellow. 'Will examine your case with pleasure.'"
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> --"Your case!"
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> --"We must not let him think that this agency is a home for the weak-minded."

p. 1036 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/of-course-i-remembered.md)

> Dogs don't make mistakes.

p. 1109 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/dogs-dont-make.md)

> We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.

p. 1065 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/we-must-look.md)

> I am sorry. I am accustomed to have mystery at one end of my cases, but to have it at both ends is too confusing. I fear, Sir James, that I must decline to act.

p. 985 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/i-am-sorry.md)

> When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

p. 1011 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/when-you-have.md)

> Well, Watson, we can but possess our souls in patience and see what the hour may bring.

p. 1053 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/well-watson-we-can.md)

> That the dog should die was after the beautiful, faithful nature of dogs.

p. 1089 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/that-the-dog.md)

> In my profession all sorts of odd knowledge comes useful, and this room of yours is a storehouse of it.

p. 1050 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/in-my-profession.md)

> "I have found out who our client is," I cried, bursting with my great news. "Why, Holmes, it is —""It is a loyal friend and a chivalrous gentleman," said Holmes, holding up a restraining hand. "Let that now and forever be enough for us."

p. 999 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/i-have-found.md)

> A complex mind. All great criminals have that.

p. 987 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/a-complex-mind.md)

> Cut out the poetry, Watson.

p. 1114 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/cut-out-the.md)

> It is simpler to deal direct.

p. 1037 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/arthur-conan-doyle/the-case-book-of-sherlock-holmes/it-is-simpler.md)