“It is deplorable...to remove all the romance - all the mystery!”
“And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
“Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.- The Adventure of the Dying Detective”
“That's the trouble with provincial life. Everyone knows everyone and there is no mystery. No romance.”
“All romances end at marriage.”
“To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.”