I have no one to whom I can talk upon such matters. I am all driven inwards, and thought turns sour when one lets it stagnate like that. ~ The Stark Munro Letters
What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts. ~ The Stark Munro Letters
Of all ruins, that of a fine man is the saddest. ~ The Stark Munro Letters
"The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer." ~ The Hound of the Baskervilles
The human brain is capable of only one strong emotion at a time, and if it be filled with curiosity or scientific enthusiasm, there is no room for fear. ~ The Brown Hand
I tell you, there's nothing makes life so beautiful as when the shadow of death begins to fall across it. ~ Jelland's Voyage
"The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it," said Holmes. ~ The Adventure of the Dying Detective
An absence of antecedents and of relatives is sometimes an aid rather than an impediment to social advancement. ~ The Black Doctor
"The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness." ~ The Sign of The Four
The future was with Fate. The present was our own. ~ The Poison Belt
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