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 BRADLEYAlthough it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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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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Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.
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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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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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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 had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal.
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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 frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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