BiographyType: Novelist short story writer poet, physician Born: 22 May 1859 Died: 7 July 1930 On May 22, 1859, Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1890 his novel, "A Study in Scarlet", introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. He also strove to spread his Spiritualism faith through a series of books that were written from 1918 to 1926. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. |
Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.
There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.
The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest.
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