I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
ALAN BRADLEYI grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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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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The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.
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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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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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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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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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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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