“What else?" Nothing," Dogger said. "Just sign it. "Kings prefer brevity.” — Alan Bradley King Copy Share Image
“...Mrs. Mullet, when it came to gossip, was equaled only by the News of the World .” — Alan Bradley Gossip Copy Share Image
“Experience has taught me that an expected answer is often better than the truth.” — Alan Bradley Experience Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing that a liar hates more than finding out that another liar has lied to them.” — Alan Bradley Liar Copy Share Image
Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend. — Alan Bradley Friend Copy Share Image
“Unless some sweetness at the bottom lie, Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Was sorrow, in the end, a private thing? A closed container? Something that, like a bucket of water, could be borne only… — Alan Bradley Grief Copy Share Image
Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. — Alan Bradley Christmas Copy Share Image
“I drew in a deep breath, sucking the sour tange into my lungs and savoring the chemical smell of decay. But this… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“If you’re insinuating that my personal hygiene is not up to the same high standard as yours you can go suck my… — Alan Bradley Personal hygiene Copy Share Image
“How very kind of her, ' I said. 'I must remember to send her a card.' I'd send her a card alright.… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I realized at once that a great actress can never be greater than when she's starring in her own life.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Ned stuck out his calloused fingers and gave my hand a surprisingly gentle shake. It was like shaking hands with a pineapple.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I knew that Feely and Daffy would never condescend to respond to a bell “So utterly Pavlovian,” Feely said” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I realized with an unexpected shock that without either ale or female within easy reach, Ned was somehow incomplete. Why hadn't I… — Alan Bradley Dr watson Copy Share Image
“Look after this girl, Mildred. She's a menace to murderers." A menace to murderers? I quite liked that. If I ever have… — Alan Bradley Business Copy Share Image
“Horehound sticks are meant to be shared with friends, don't you think?' She was dead wrong about that: Horehound sticks were meant… — Alan Bradley Friendship Copy Share Image
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed… — Alan Bradley Book Copy Share Image
What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation - all of it!… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand… — Alan Bradley Book Copy Share Image
“Had I been too cruel to that horror, Miss Mountjoy? Too vindictive? Wasn't she, after all, just a harmless and lonely old… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“The panel on the right portrayed Jesus emerging from his tomb, as Mary Magdalene, in a red dress (also iron, or perhaps… — Alan Bradley Mary magdalene Copy Share Image
“Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.” — Alan Bradley Heaven Copy Share Image
“No point in wasting time with false vanity when you possess the real thing.” — Alan Bradley Pride Copy Share Image
“Apart from the soul, the brewing of tea is the only thing that sets us apart from the great apes.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I wanted to shake the stuffing out of him; I wanted to hug him; I wanted to die.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“As Daffy once said, the best place to hide a glum countenance is onstage at the opera.” — Alan Bradley Advice Copy Share Image
“Could it be that goodness waxes and wanes like the moon, and that only evil is constant?” — Alan Bradley Evil Copy Share Image
Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry! — Alan Bradley Chemistry Copy Share Image
“It’s a fact of life that a girl can tell in a flash if another girl likes her.” — Alan Bradley Girl Copy Share Image
“You see, Flavia, silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities.” — Alan Bradley Commodities Copy Share Image
“I don't care' is the last bit of baggage to be tossed overboard in a losing argument.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did.” — Alan Bradley Love Copy Share Image
“one’s innate desire for escape.’ Everyone needs to escape, don’t they? In one way or another, I mean.” — Alan Bradley Escape Copy Share Image
“Why do people always quote hamlet when they want to seem clever?” — Alan Bradley Hamlet Copy Share Image
“One of the things I love about myself is my ability to remain open to suggestion.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
