One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
ALAN BRADLEYAll 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.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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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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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal.
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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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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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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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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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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