More quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle

"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."
"There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book."
"There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done."
"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."