“Seed biscuits and milk! I hated Mrs. Mullet's seed biscuits the way Saint Paul hated sin. Perhaps even more so. I wanted… — 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
The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack… — Alan Bradley Broads Copy Share Image
“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
“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
“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
Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting… — Alan Bradley Bigs 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
“My head was spinning. I could think of nothing better to calm it down than the Oxford English Dictionary.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Unless some sweetness at the bottom lie, Who cares for all the crinkling of the pie?” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing that a liar hates more than finding out that another liar has lied to them.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Even in complete silence, Buckshaw had its own unique silence; a silence I would recognize anywhere. ” — Alan Bradley Silence 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
“Kill him." Dr. Kissing repeated my words in a flat, matter-of-fact voice. "Just so. But 'kill,' as you will have observed, like… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh. — Alan Bradley Belly Copy Share Image
“I was halfway up the stairs when the doorbell rang. "Dash it all!" I said. There was nothing I hated more than… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open… — Alan Bradley Book 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
“Tell them we may not be praying with them," Father told the Vicar, "but we are at least not actively praying against… — Alan Bradley Parenting 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 wanted to cry. I also wanted to go to my laboratory and prepare an enormous batch of nitrogen triiodide with which… — Alan Bradley 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
“A long hallway, hung profusely with dark, water-stained sporting prints, served as a lobby, in which centuries of sacrificed kippers had left… — Alan Bradley Front door Copy Share Image
“The woman was putting her purse in the drawer and settling down behind the desk, and I realized I had never seen… — Alan Bradley Librarians Copy Share Image
