All of it! – was held together by invisible chemical bonds, and I found a strange, inexplicable comfort in knowing that somewhere, even though we couldn’t see it in our own world, there was a real stability.
ALAN BRADLEYCompared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books.
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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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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon.
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Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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