"... but to be alone while surrounded by people, the one sane man in a mad place -- that was loneliness."

"Arthur had never before challenged a man to a duel, but in this moment he understood the magnificent reasonableness of the tradition. It was either that or slugging him outright this very second, which didn't seem nearly so gentlemanly."

"Chivalry is the very soul of manhood. It is what separates men from beasts."

"I think I love the idea that problems have solutions. I think that's the appeal of mystery stories, whether they're Holmes or someone else. IN those stories we live in an understandable world. We live in a place where every problem has a solution, and if we were only smart enough, we could figure them out."