Iconic Quotes and Lines

From The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan
The novel contains some of the most quoted lines in detective fiction, especially Mortimer's revelation about the footprints.
Chapter 2

Dr. Mortimer's chilling admission: 'Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!' — perhaps the most famous line in the Holmes canon.

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Chapter 1

'You see, but you do not observe.' (a recurring Holmes maxim referenced in spirit) — and 'I am a conductor of light' regarding Watson.

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Chapter 3
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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