Quotes from Holmes Literature quotes
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Holmes: You have the grand gift of silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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Variation on "You have a grand gift of silence, Watson," he said. "It makes you quite invaluable as a companion."
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from The Man with the Twisted Lip
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Watson: You're not human!
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Inspired by "there is something positively inhuman in you at times."
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From The Sign of Four
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Holmes: The little details are by far the most important.
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Variation on "The little things are infinitely the most important."
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From A Case of Identity
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Holmes: Data, data, data, I cannot make bricks without clay.
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Variation on "'Data! Data! Data!' he cried impatiently. 'I can't make bricks without clay.'"
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From The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Holmes: It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Inevitably, one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
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From A Scandal in Bohemia
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Holmes: Crime is common. Logic is rare.
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From The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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Holmes: It makes a considerable difference to me, having someone with me on whom I can thoroughly rely.
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From The Boscombe Valley Mystery
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Holmes: My mind rebels at stagnation; give me problems, give me work.
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Variation on "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my proper atmosphere."
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from The Sign of the Four
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Mary Morstan: He'd say it was worth the wound … I know you care about him as much as I do.
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Variation on Watson's "It was worth a wound, it was worth many wounds, to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask."
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Holmes: Nothing more elusive than an obvious fact.
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From The Boscombe Valley Mystery