I assure you, my good Lestrade, that I have an excellent reason for everything that I do.

It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage.

I trust that age doth not wither nor custom stale my infinite variety.

I felt Holmes's hand steal into mine and give me a reassuring shake.- Watson

It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.

Perhaps when a man has special knowledge and special powers like my own, it rather encourages him to seek a complex explanation when a simpler one is at hand.

I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!

Dreaming is another form of thinking, more concrete, more economical, more visual, and often more emotional than the thoughts of the day, but a thinking through of the day, nevertheless.

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.

I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist.

There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.

For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.

[Donald Trump] is already in revenge mode.

The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.