“It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”

“I abhour the dull routine of existence" - Sherlock Holmes”

“No ghosts need apply. - Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”

“Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]”

“I am lost without my Boswell.[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]”

“It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact.~ Sherlock Holmes”

“Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegibly they may write. - Sherlock Holmes”