Quotes by Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk

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“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”

“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.”

“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”

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“Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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“I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding.”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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“It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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“You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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“No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are. It is no exaggeration to suggest that they would tear apart the entire fabric...”
— Anthony Horowitz, The House of Silk
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