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The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) QUOTES

The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) QUOTES

1 " It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth? "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

2 " Everything comes in circles. [...] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

3 " Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

4 " İnsan ne tuhaf bir yaratıktır. Cinayetle haşır neşir, kim bilir kaç kez bir ailenin babasının, gözü yaşlı eşi ya da çaresiz çocukları için hiçbir pişmanlık yahut acıma duygusu hissetmeden, hiçbir kişisel düşmanlıklarının olmadığı bir adamın canını almış bu adamların, müziğin tatlı ve dokunaklı nağmelerine kulak verince adeta gözleri yaşarıyordu. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

5 " Is he not the celebrated author of The Dynamics of an Asteroid, a book which ascends to such rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific press capable of criticizing it? "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

6 " I say, Watson,’ he whispered, ‘would you be afraid to sleep in the same room as a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?’
‘Not in the least,’ I answered in astonishment.
‘Ah, that’s lucky,’ he said, and not another word would he utter that night. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

7 " Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

8 " The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

9 " Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards! "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

10 " here at last there was a fitting object for those remarkable powers which, like all special gifts, become irksome to their owner when they are not in use. That razor brain blunted and rusted with inaction. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

11 " Well Holmes", I murmured, "have you found anything out?"
He stood beside me in silence, his candle in his hand. Then the tall, lean figure inclined towards me. "I say, Watson", he whispered, "would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?"
"Not in the least," I answered in astonishment.
"Ah, that's lucky," he said, and not another word would he utter that night. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

12 " Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life would be to shut yourself up for three months and read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

13 " Dark nights are unpleasant,"
"Yes, for strangers to travel,"
"The clouds are heavy."
"Yes, a storm is approaching. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

14 " The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

15 " The interplay of ideas and the oblique uses of knowledge are often of extraordinary interest. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

16 " Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers. It was clear that this had been fired at close range and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces. The triggers had been wired together, so as to make the simultaneous discharge more destructive. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

17 " The funds are good at the moment," said the treasurer, with the bankbook in front of him. "The firms have been generous of late. Max Linder & Co. paid five hundred to be left alone. Walker Brothers sent in a hundred; but I took it on myself to return it and ask for five. If I do not hear by Wednesday, their winding gear may get out of order. We had to burn their breaker last year before they became reasonable. Then the West Section Coaling Company has paid its annual contribution. We have enough on hand to meet any obligations." "What "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

18 " Because it is done by a man who cannot afford to fail, one whose whole unique position depends upon the fact that all he does must succeed. A great brain and a huge organization have been turned to the extinction of one man. It is crushing the nut with the triphammer—an absurd extravagance of energy—but the nut is very effectually crushed all the same. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

19 " Well, what are we to do now?" asked MacDonald with some gruffness. "Possess our souls in patience and make as little noise as possible," Holmes answered. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)

20 " I took a stroll in the curious old-world garden which flanked the house. Rows of very ancient yew trees cut into strange designs girded it round. Inside was a beautiful stretch of lawn with an old sundial in the middle, the whole effect so soothing and restful that it was welcome to my somewhat jangled nerves. "

― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7)