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> [“A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one, and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/a-dead-body-is-much-more-fascinating-than-a-live-one-and-i-have/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

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## More by Alan Bradley

> [“…it is a well-known fact that more than two men shut up together in an enclosed space for more than an hour constitute a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-more-than-two-men-shut-up-together-in-an/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“You see, Flavia, silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/you-see-flavia-silence-is-sometimes-the-most-costly-of-commodities/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“If there is a thing I truly despise, it is being addressed as "dearie." When I write my magnum opus, A Treatise Upon All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/if-there-is-a-thing-i-truly-despise-it-is-being-addressed-as-dearie/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“The sweater didn't fit me, of course. Even with the sleeves rolled up I looked like a baggy monkey picking bananas. But to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/the-sweater-didn-t-fit-me-of-course-even-with-the-sleeves-rolled-up-i/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“If there is anything more delicious than a sausage roasted over an open Bunsen burner, I can't image what it might be--Porcelain and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/if-there-is-anything-more-delicious-than-a-sausage-roasted-over-an/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“No point in wasting time with false vanity when you possess the real thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/no-point-in-wasting-time-with-false-vanity-when-you-possess-the-real/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“Die, witch," I managed, making a cross of my forefingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/die-witch-i-managed-making-a-cross-of-my-forefingers/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“There was no way out; not, at least, in this direction. I was like a hamster that had climbed to the top of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/there-was-no-way-out-not-at-least-in-this-direction-i-was-like-a/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/i-am-often-thought-of-as-being-remarkably-bright-and-yet-my-brains/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“To my mind, if Nature had wanted us to have bright red fingertips, She would have caused us to be born with our blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/to-my-mind-if-nature-had-wanted-us-to-have-bright-red-fingertips-she/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“Had I been too cruel to that horror, Miss Mountjoy? Too vindictive? Wasn't she, after all, just a harmless and lonely old spinster? Would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/had-i-been-too-cruel-to-that-horror-miss-mountjoy-too-vindictive-wasn/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“This was an interesting thought; it had never occurred to me that one's name could be a compass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/this-was-an-interesting-thought-it-had-never-occurred-to-me-that-one/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“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 short, we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/while-you-ve-been-gadding-about-the-countryside-we-ve-held-a-meeting/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“For all practical purposes, Feely's enthusiasms stopped where her skin ended.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/for-all-practical-purposes-feely-s-enthusiasms-stopped-where-her-skin/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

> [“Then I remembered that silence can sometimes do more damage than words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/then-i-remembered-that-silence-can-sometimes-do-more-damage-than-words/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

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