I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh. — Alan Bradley Belly Copy Share Image
To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. — Alan Bradley Flattery Copy Share Image
“Cheese!" I exclaimed. It was a secret prayer, whose meaning was known only to God and to me.” — Alan Bradley Humour Copy Share Image
“Then I remembered that silence can sometimes do more damage than words.” — Alan Bradley Language Copy Share Image
“…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.” — Alan Bradley Attention Copy Share Image
“Even with all this power, it comes down to the same old things. Connections, money, influence.” — Alan Bradley Dark Copy Share Image
“I had learned by personal experience that grumblers are deaf to any voices but their own.” — Alan Bradley Personal experience Copy Share Image
“This was an interesting thought; it had never occurred to me that one's name could be a compass.” — Alan Bradley Compass Copy Share Image
“Good morning, Flavia," she said at last, but her acknowledgment of my presence came too late for my liking.” — Alan Bradley Good morning Copy Share Image
“How I longed to tell her about Harriet--but somehow I could not. The grief in the room belonged to Porcelain and I… — Alan Bradley Harriet Grief Copy Share Image
“Seed biscuits and milk! I hated Mrs. Mullet's seed biscuits the way Saint Paul hated sin. Perhaps even more so.” — Alan Bradley Hated Copy Share Image
“A peculiar feeling passed over me--or, rather, through me, as if I were an umbrella remembering what it felt like to pop… — Alan Bradley Feeling Copy Share Image
“Ordinarily, anyone who made such a remark to my face would go to the top of my short list for strychnine.” — Alan Bradley Dark humor Copy Share Image
“There's an unwritten law of the universe which assures that the thing you seek will always be found in the last place… — Alan Bradley Last place Copy Share Image
“While you've been gadding about the countryside, we've held a meeting, and we've all of us decided that you must go.' In… — Alan Bradley Family 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 remembered that Johnson had declared portrait painting to be an improper employment for a woman. “Public practice of any art and… — Alan Bradley Flavia Copy Share Image
“It’s not polite to ask ” he said with a slight smile. “One must never ask a policeman his secrets.” “Why not… — Alan Bradley Flavia Copy Share Image
“I shot him a broad smile, a smile wide enough to present him with a good view of the wire braces that… — Alan Bradley Money Copy Share Image
“I dreamt of turrets and craggy ledges where the windswept rain blew in from the ocean with the odor of violets. A… — Alan Bradley Dreamt Copy Share Image
“Once, when I remarked that she looked like a disoriented bandicoot, she leapt up from the piano bench and beat me within… — Alan Bradley Schubert 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
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 Chemicals Copy Share Image
“Seen from the air, the male mind must look rather like the canals of Europe, with ideas being towed along well-worn towpaths… — Alan Bradley Female mind Copy Share Image
“You must have loved her awfully," I said, realizing even as I spoke that I made it sound as if Fenella were… — Alan Bradley Love Copy Share Image
“I detected instantly that she didn’t like me. It’s a fact of life that a girl can tell in a flash if… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
“I had found by experience that putting things down on paper helped to clear the mind in precisely the same way, as… — Alan Bradley Chemistry Copy Share Image
“Sorry, old girl," I said to [my bicycle] Gladys in the gray dishwater light of early morning, "but I have to leave… — Alan Bradley Bicycle Copy Share Image
“I was gazing at a cup of cocoa on my night table. As I focused on the thick brown skin that had… — Alan Bradley Brown skin Copy Share Image
“Like most, I was a solitary boy at first, keeping to my books and weeping in the hedgerows whenever I could get… — Alan Bradley Books Copy Share Image
“Not to be too dramatic about it, that night I slept the sleep of the damned. I dreamt of turrets and craggy… — Alan Bradley Damned Copy Share Image
“Still, one of my Rules of Life is this: When you want something, bite your tongue.” — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
![“Sorry, old girl," I said to [my bicycle] Gladys in the gray dishwater light of early morning, "but I have to leave you at home." I could see that she was disappointed, even though she managed to put on a brave face. "I need you to stay here as a decoy," I whispered. "When they see you leaning…” quote by Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e95/alan-bradley-1571_bicycle_sorry-old-girl-i-said-to-my-bicycle-glad_1653870.jpg)
