"It is not unknown for fathers with a……" — Alan Bradley
"It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it."
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28 Quotes by Alan Bradley
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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found…
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I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another…
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising…
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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It…
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Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw…
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation - all…
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide.
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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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