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.
ALAN BRADLEYI always woke up before the plane landed.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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.
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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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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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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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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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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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Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.
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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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