Sense of humor Quote by Alan Bradley

“She danced so curving, lissom, like the laughter of the song. She sent resounding into spaace and down the ages long.”

— Tui Allen

“Ophelia was beating some poor underling for not knowing her arse from the sparse collection of cells between her ears.”

— Molly Harper

“She had spears of straw and grass in her hair, not like Ophelia gone mad through contact with Hamlet's madness, but because she had…

— Victor Hugo

“The extraordinary mystique of hers made you think she lived on rose petals and listened to nothing but Mozart, but it wasn't true. She…

— Andre Previn

“I will tell you what she was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off.”

— Angela Carter

“We’re all toys.” Ophelia sat down in a huff. “Broken and misused and thrown away.” Ophelia looked to him. Her eyes were big, wet,…

— Eva Natsumi

“This was a pretty girl, except she had legs like an Edwardian grand piano...”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It was true that Odette played vilely, but often the most memorable impression of a piece of music is one that has arisen out…

— Marcel Proust

“Ophelia had never been prophesied before. It made her feel annoyed.”

— Karen Foxlee

“Their mother had white hands, long tapered fingers, and when she kneaded dough, her wedding ring clinked against the bowl. She was always singing…

— Allegra Goodman

“Music took her somewhere, and I used to wonder where. I thought it was dumb, the way she lived for a collection of sounds,…

— Megan Lindholm

“She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person…

— Jerry Spinelli