Quotes

"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent." ~ A Case of Identity by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace." ~ A Case of Identity by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "'Yes,' said I, 'I have taken to living by my wits.'" ~ The Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Something of his birth place seemed to cling to the man, and I never looked at his pale, keen face or the poise of his head without associating him with gray archways and mullioned windows and all the venerable wreckage of a feudal keep." ~ The Musgrave Ritual by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A vivid and blinding light flashed from the whirling, inky clouds above. The deep cannonade of roaring thunder belched forth its fearsome challenge. The deluge came--all hell broke loose upon the jungle. ~ Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people. ~ Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs "My idea of an agreeable person," said Hugo Bohun, "is a person who agrees with me." ~ Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli "The world is wearied of statesmen; whom democracy has degraded into politicians." ~ Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli "You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art." ~ Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli Indeed, he would sometimes remark, when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire from the world. ~ Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli