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"I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for?"

~Sherlock Holmes (The Sign of Four)

"They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains,' he remarked with a smile. 'It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.

~Sherlock Holmes (A Study in Scarlet)

"There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before."

~ Sherlock Holmes ( A Study in Scarlet)

" I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Sign of Four)

"What one man can invent another can discover."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Adventure of the Dancing Man)

"What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Cardboard Box)

"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Man with the Twisted Lip)

"My mind," he said, "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 own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,—or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Sign of Four)

"Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person."

~ Sherlock Holmes (Silver Blaze

"I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all."

~ Sherlock Holmes ( The Man with the Twisted Lip)

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants."

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Five Orange Pips)

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

~ Sherlock Holmes (The Sign of Four)

""I remember reading some of his stories but we knew he would solve whatever the case. His draw to many I believe was that his narcissism feeds their own. Something you learn is that we all have a bit of narcissist in us. Its called human nature we want to be as good as we can and be recognised for it in someway. ;)""

That is one of the great things about books if they are well written or the storyline is exciting. i have been Christopher Columbus, John Smith, Powhattan, Kit Carson, Daniel Boone, Davey Crockett, Andrew Jackson, Grant and Lee, Genghis Kahn, and so many more growing up. I was a ravenous reader, especially auto biographies, biography and most anything Stephen King wrote and Sci-Fi I loved Sci-Fi. But I also read medical books, encyclopedias, and almost any bible form or stories I could find. Especially the Old Testaments there were grand stories in them. I had a undiagnosed astigmatism till I was 9. Luckily my reading was what kept my eyes from crossing. I remember getting terrible headaches till the doctors figured the reason out.

Thanks for sharing Jim :-) Have you ever noticed that the best conversations come about..just because they "pop out" and everyone is the "winner" as we get to know each other in a deeper way. Books, quotes, music, art have a wonderful way of opening up a world...personally I like that!

This interests me.

I live only two miles from Hindhead, Surrey, England where for a while Conan Doyle lived.

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