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 BRADLEYOne that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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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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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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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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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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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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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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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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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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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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