Quotes About Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle

As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

I saw the vague outline of a man, a shade blacker than the blackness of the open door.

Come, Watson, come! he cried. The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!

The man pervades London, and no one has heard of him. That's what puts him on a pinnacle in the records of crime.

Ya sabe que el prestidigitador desmerece en cuanto explica su truco; si yo le muestro a usted una parte excesiva de mis métodos de trabajo llegará a la conclusión de que, a fin de cuentas, soy un personaje corriente.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Nos encontramos con el hilo rojo del asesinato enroscado en la madeja incolora de la vida, y nuestro deber consiste en desenmascararlo, aislarlo y exponerlo hasta la última pulgada.

the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt over this matter.

the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear

explained is the statement   

It is a romance! cried Mrs. Forrester. An injured lady, half a million in treasure, a black cannibal, and a wooden-legged ruffian. They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl.

now is rather a questionable one. And thus was solved the mystery of the sinister house with the copper beeches in front of the door. Mr. Rucastle survived

He slipped an emerald snake ring from his finger and held it out upon the palm of his hand. "Your Majesty has something which I should value even more highly," said Holmes.

Holmes held out a small chip with the letters NN and a space of clear wood after them.

Arthur Conan Doyle

You're going to throw me naked into a pit and make me drench myself in baby lotion, aren't you? Bride You live in New Orleans, where they can't even dig a grave. So tell me where I'm going to find this pit? Vane It's an above ground pit. Bride Hardly secretive. Vane But possible, Bride

Imora Thea Mi Savur

Love is one of the simplest of what we call the Mysteries, and yet the strongest, like air: the greatest treasure cannot buy it nor the smartest thief steal it nor the most powerful emperor command it. And like air, it freely fills to infinity whatever is open to it.

Beyond the doors, the street and the gates were empty. The Hill Folk had vanished as mysteriously as they had come. A shuddering sigh of relief, not my own, brought my attention home and heartward. I shut my eyes, smiling, and clung with all my strength to Vidanric as kisses rained on my hair, my eyes, and finally--lingeringly--on my lips. The duel was over, and we had won.

Who can ever know what turns the spark into flame?

You seem to be developing a real talent for finding dead people, Ophelia.

You really think there's something back there? Something we don't know here? Jacob's