“My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence.”
More from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed…”
“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.”
“My dear Watson, you were born to be a man of action. Your instinct is always to do…”
“If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as…”