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If in 100 years i am only known as the man who invented sherlock holmes then i will have considered my life a failure.
-Arthur Conan Doyle
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If In 100 Years I Am Only

Arthur Conan Doyle
If in 100 years i am only known as the man who invented sherlock holmes then i will have considered my life a failure.
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The story of sherlock holmes, on the surface, is about detection, but in reality, it's about the best of two men who save each other - a lost, washed-up war hero and a man who could end up committing murders instead of solving them. they come together. they become this perfect unit. they become the best friendship ever, and they become heroes. that's what we fall in love with, not sherlock on his own. no one can love that man on his own, but sherlock holmes and dr. watson - the best friends ever.
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Arthur conan doyle had to be sherlock holmes in order to envision how sherlock holmes would unravel a mystery. he had to be in sherlock's situations. as a writer, you have to be of two minds.
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I remember when i was a kid, i loved sherlock holmes. i thought arthur conan doyle was one of the greatest writers, because i felt i knew sherlock holmes. he existed to me. when i went to england the first thing i did was go to baker street to look for his house. i think you've got to try to make all of your characters as empathetic and realistic as possible.
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We invented marriage. couples invented marriage. we also invented divorce,mind you. and we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. in fact we invented the whole sloppy mess of love and intimacy and aversion and euphoria and failure. but most importantly of all, most subversively of all, most stubbornly of all, we invented privacy.
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Like all holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. dr. watson, speaking of sherlock holmes.
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You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?" "yes, he did." "when did he say this?" "when he left me." "did he say anything more?" "he mentioned his name." holmes cast a swift glance of triumph at me. "oh, he mentioned his name, did he? that was imprudent. what was the name that he mentioned?" “his name," said the cabman, "was mr. sherlock holmes.
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