Iconic Catchphrases and Famous Lines

From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The most quoted lines associated with Holmes, including phrases that became cultural touchstones.
The Abbey Grange (Return)

'Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot.' Holmes's most quoted rallying cry.

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The Crooked Man (Memoirs)

'Elementary,' said he — the closest Holmes comes to the apocryphal 'Elementary, my dear Watson,' which never appears verbatim in the canon.

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The Sign of the Four, Chapter 1

The famous opening cocaine injection: 'Which is it to-day, morphine or cocaine?' — Holmes's seven-per-cent solution.

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