“I suddenly realized that there's something about singing hymns with a large group of people that sharpens the senses remarkably. I stored… — Alan Bradley Art Copy Share Image
Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Do What?' 'Lie,' he said. 'Why do you fabricate these outlandish stories?' 'Well,' I wanted to say, 'there are those of us… — Alan Bradley Lying Copy Share Image
“I brought to mind the image of the stranger lying there in the first light of dawn: the slight growth of whiskers… — Alan Bradley Imagery Copy Share Image
“The sweater didn't fit me, of course. Even with the sleeves rolled up I looked like a baggy monkey picking bananas. But… — Alan Bradley Fashion Copy Share Image
“…it is a well-known fact that more than two men shut up together in an enclosed space for more than an hour… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English… — Alan Bradley Book Copy Share Image
“It's a fact of life that a girl can tell in a flash if another girl likes her...Between girls there is a… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
“I have no fear of the dead. Indeed in my own limited experience I have found them to produce in me a… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“There was no way out; not, at least, in this direction. I was like a hamster that had climbed to the top… — Alan Bradley Helplessness Copy Share Image
“It was a lie and I detected it at once. As an accomplished fibber myself, I spotted the telltale signs of an… — Alan Bradley Lie Copy Share Image
“Now, glancing over...as she knelt with her eyes closed, her fingertips touching and pointed to Heaven, and her lips shaping soft words… — Alan Bradley Religion Copy Share Image
“I remembered a piece of sisterly advice, which Feely once gave Daffy and me: "If ever you're accosted by a man," she'd… — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“It always surprises me after a family row to find that the world outdoors has remained the same. While the passions and… — Alan Bradley Family Copy Share Image
“You must never be deflected by unpleasantness. I want you to remember that. Although it may not be apparent to others, your… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“What are we going to do, Dogger?' It seemed a reasonable question. After all he had been through, surely Dogger knew something… — Alan Bradley Hope Copy Share Image
I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was… — Alan Bradley Attention Copy Share Image
“If there is a thing I truly despise, it is being addressed as "dearie." When I write my magnum opus, A Treatise… — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“Mediocrity, I discovered, was the great camouflage; the great protective coloring. Those boys who did not fail, yet did not excel, were… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“IT WAS ONE OF those glorious days in March when the air was so fresh that you worshipped every whiff of it;… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“It was easy enough to see why God, having called the dry land "Earth" and the gathering together of the waters "the… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“And Miss Ophelia?" he asked, getting round to her at last. "Miss Ophelia? Well, to tell you the truth, Ned, we're all… — Alan Bradley Truth Copy Share Image
“I lay for a long time in silence, staring at the ceiling. Was my life always to be like this? I wondered.… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“We always want to love the recipients of our charity," the doctor said, negotiating a sharp bend in the road with a… — Alan Bradley Charity Copy Share Image
“...and I realized not without a sinking feeling that he was already completely in Feely’s thrall, hanging on her every word like… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
