My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon.
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 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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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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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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It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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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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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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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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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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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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