And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
ALAN BRADLEYTo be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
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I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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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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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’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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Except I’m aware that as a writer you can’t get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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.
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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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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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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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