To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
ALAN BRADLEYThe very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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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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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
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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 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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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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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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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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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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