Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
ALAN BRADLEYIf you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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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.
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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 dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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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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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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