“I’m a detective,” Ryan said.
“I know.” [Dr. Brennan’s reply]
“I detect things.”
“A special skill.”
Break No Bones, Kathy Reichs, 2006
Tag: Quick Quotes (Page 9 of 10)
“What a lovely thing a rose is!”
“The Naval Treaty”, The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, circa 1893
“Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”
“The stopping of the clock by the bullet, Jotson, is the fatal circumstance in the case. At first I considered whether perhaps it was Inspector Pinkeye’s face that had stopped the clock.”
“The Case of the American Clock”, The Complete Casebook of Herlock Sholmes, Charles Hamilton, circa 1917
“My name is Horatio Smiff… my services are indispensable in the Unanswered Letters Department.”
“The Mystery of the Dustbin”, The complete Casebook of Herlock Sholmes, Charles Hamilton, circa 1917
“The shortage of trousers had been very severely felt, especially during the winter. The matter was however promptly and efficiently taken in hand by the Bags Department, and a Kecks Controller appointed. A trouserless day once a week had been suggested, but the suggestion was dismissed owing to opposition in every part of the kingdom except the Highlands of Scotland.”
“The Case of the Teuton’s Trousers”, The Complete Casebook of Herlock Sholmes, Charles HAmilton, circa 1917
”It’s every man’s business to see justice done.”
“The Crooked Man”, The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, circa 1893
“You forget the old Ryan charm.” Ryan winked at me.
“And when that fails?”
“I’ll flash my badge.”
“You have no jurisdiction here.”
“I’ll flash it very fast.”
– 206 Bones, Kathy Reichs, 2009
“Without spring who knows what would happen. A lot of nothing, I suppose.”
“Late Spring”, felicity, Mary Oliver, 2015
“It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London.”
“The Red-HEaded League”, The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, circa 1891
“From certain facts within my knowledge, Jotson, I deduce that you will have no breakfast this morning,” said Sholmes.
I started.
“Sholmes!” I murmured.
“I think you will find it will prove to be so, Jotson.”
“From what data, Sholmes, do you draw this very remarkable deduction?” I could not help inquiring.
Sholmes smiled.
“I do not mind explaining, my dear fellow. The food restrictions cause only a certain amount of provender to be placed upon the breakfast-table – “
“True!”
“The portion allotted to me did not satisfy my appetite, Jotson, and I therefore at your breakfast as well as my own. There is nothing left for you, my dear fellow. To the trained mind the conclusion is obvious. You will have no breakfast this morning.”
I could only gaze at my amazing friend in silent admiration. I need not say that Sholmes’ deduction proved to be perfectly correct.
“THE CASE OF THE CURRANT BUN”, The Complete Casebook of Herlock Sholmes, by Charles Hamilton, circa 1917
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