As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No … eight days a week.
ALAN BRADLEYWhat intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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One that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
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It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest.
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel.
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Whenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.
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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
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I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.
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