The Hound of the Baskervilles Quotes

“Now is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:lifefate

“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:wordswomaneyes

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:world

“The devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:evil

“Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:evilmanwoman

“But the Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:education

“The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:futurepast

“My dear Watson, you were born to be a man of action. Your instinct is always to do something energetic.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:action

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:light

“There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

topic:difficulty