Alex B.

“Suddenly the dreamer disappeared, and Holmes, the man of action, sprang from his chair.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Adventure of the Creeping Man

“How did your parents come to be "lost at sea", Moriarty?'

The professor paused, and said, 'Mysteriously, Moran.”
― Kim Newman, Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles

“You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing.”
― Laurie R. King, The Beekeeper's Apprentice

“It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, A Study in Scarlet