They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
ALAN BRADLEYLiberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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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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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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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 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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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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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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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 dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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