The Boscombe Valley Mystery
“Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and
commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.”
Page 202
“Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing,” answered Holmes
thoughtfully. “It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you
shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally
uncompromising manner to something entirely different.”
Page 204
“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.”
Page 214
The Five Orange Pips
“The observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of
incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before
and after.”
Page 225
“It is not so impossible, however, that a man should possess all knowledge
which is likely to be useful to him in his work, and this, I have endeavoured
in my case to do.”
Page 225
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that
he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his
library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
Page 225
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth.”
Page 1011
The Adventure of the Three Gables
“I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.”
Page 1032
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