“ Death by family silver , I thought, before I could turn off that part of my mind.” — Alan Bradley Death Copy Share Image
“The exchange of a wife for a pair of gates( “The finest this side Paradise,”) Brandwyn had written in his diary” — Alan Bradley Marriage Copy Share Image
If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable… — Alan Bradley Baths Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English… — Alan Bradley Book Copy Share Image
My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies… — Alan Bradley Air 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 wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing… — Alan Bradley Entire life 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 Copy Share Image
“You are unreliable, Flavia,' he said. 'Utterly unreliable.' Of course I was! It was one of the things I loved most about… — Alan Bradley 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
“Think of the billions of trillions of snowflakes, and the billions of trillions of hydrogen and oxygen molecules in every single one… — Alan Bradley Design Copy Share Image
“I hoisted the lid off the Spode vegetable dish and, from the depths of its hand-painted butterflies and raspberries, spooned out a… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Mediocrity, I discovered, was the great camouflage; the great protective coloring. Those boys who did not fail, yet did not excel, were… — Alan Bradley Left alone Copy Share Image
“It was easy enough to see why God, having called the dry land "Earth" and the gathering together of the waters "the… — Alan Bradley Dry land Copy Share Image
“Either way, the whole thing was a pain in the porpoise.” — Alan Bradley Expressions Copy Share Image
“I reached out and touched his hands and they stilled at once. I had observed—although I did not often make use of… — Alan Bradley Time Copy Share Image
I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was… — Alan Bradley Attention 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 Psychology Copy Share Image
“. . . and there was for a moment an unbreakable bond between us: the eternal bond of chemistry. I glowed with… — Alan Bradley Bond Copy Share Image
“Why then had I heard nothing? Everyone knows that the killing of a human being requires the exertion of a certain amount… — Alan Bradley Energy Copy Share Image
“One of the things I love about myself is my ability to remain open to suggestion.” — Alan Bradley Things i love Copy Share Image
“It started to feel like this thing happening to me was an invisible wall between us, a barrier none of us wanted… — Alan Bradley Closest friends Copy Share Image
To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. — Alan Bradley Flattery Copy Share Image
