“being Flavia de Luce was like being a sublimate: like the black crystal residue that is left on the cold glass of… — Alan Bradley Sublimate Copy Share Image
“AND THE PERSON OUTSIDE TO WHOM YOU WERE speaking?” Inspector Hewitt asked. "Dogger," I said. "First name?" "Flavia," I said. I couldn't… — Alan Bradley Dogger Said Copy Share Image
“Could there be shadier sides of life of which I was not yet aware? I didn't like to think that there were… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
“And then, as reason seeped back into my overheated brain, I would realize how much alike we were: that my father angered… — Alan Bradley Father Copy Share Image
I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and… — Alan Bradley Agonizing 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 there was for a moment an unbreakable bond between us: the eternal bond of chemistry. I glowed with… — Alan Bradley Bond Copy Share Image
“In ordinary circumstances, I would have responded to such a command by sending up a reply that would have given Undine's mother… — Alan Bradley Restrained Copy Share Image
“The panel on the right portrayed Jesus emerging from his tomb, as Mary Magdalene, in a red dress (also iron, or perhaps… — Alan Bradley Mary magdalene 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
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
“Look after this girl, Mildred. She's a menace to murderers." A menace to murderers? I quite liked that. If I ever have… — Alan Bradley Business Copy Share Image
“Horehound sticks are meant to be shared with friends, don't you think?' She was dead wrong about that: Horehound sticks were meant… — Alan Bradley Friendship Copy Share Image
Except I'm aware that as a writer you can't get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.… — Alan Bradley Adults 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 felt a pang -- a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness. Now, even more… — Alan Bradley Cottage Copy Share Image
“I remembered that Beethoven's symphonies had sometimes been given names... they should have call [the Fifth] the Vampire, because it simply refused… — Alan Bradley Beethoven Copy Share Image
“If there is anything more delicious than a sausage roasted over an open Bunsen burner, I can't image what it might be--Porcelain… — Alan Bradley Cannibals Copy Share Image
“I was learning that the best conversations consisted of keeping quiet and listening, and speaking, when one spoke at all, in words… — Alan Bradley Communication Copy Share Image
“I have to admit, though, that Cynthia was a great organizer, but then, so were the men with whips who got the… — Alan Bradley Pyramids Built Copy Share Image
“I had once remarked to Feely that, because of the oxygen, breathing fresh air was like breathing God, but she had slapped… — Alan Bradley Breathing Copy Share Image
“There had fallen between us what Dogger once referred to as "a companionable silence," a little parcel of time during which neither… — Alan Bradley Friendship 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 Diary Copy Share Image
“Poor Dogger! That's what I thought, even though Daphne told me I should never say that about anyone: "It's not only condescending,… — Alan Bradley Time Copy Share Image
“I'm very sorry about your mother, Flavia. I can't even begin to imagine how you must feel." At least the man had… — Alan Bradley Mother Copy Share Image
“I found a dead body in the cucumber patch,' I told them. 'How very like you,' Ophelia said, and went on preening… — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“Have you ever wondered, Dogger," I asked, "if wickedness is a chemical state?" "Indeed I have, Miss Flavia," he said. "I have… — Alan Bradley 1950s Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms… — Alan Bradley Arms Copy Share Image
“To my mind, if Nature had wanted us to have bright red fingertips, She would have caused us to be born with… — Alan Bradley Blood Copy Share Image
“They seem nice, though, your sisters, really,' Porcelain remarked. 'Ha!' I said. 'Shows what little you know! I hate them!' 'Hate them?… — Alan Bradley Family Copy Share Image
“I'd learned quite early in life that the mind loves nothing better than to spook itself with outlandish stories, as if the… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
“People love to talk--especially when the talking involves answering the questions of others--because it makes them feel wanted. [...] I had long… — Alan Bradley Long ago Copy Share Image
Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. The reason for this, of course, is that while you're gleefully anticipating the event, the… — Alan Bradley Revenge Copy Share Image
“When you're that age, you sometimes have a great enthusiasm that is very deep and very narrow, and that is something that… — Alan Bradley Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
“(The doorbell rang) ... I knew that Feely and Daffy would never condescend to respond to a bell ("So utterly Pavlovian," Feely… — Alan Bradley Pavlovian Feely 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
“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 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
“History is like the kitchen sink,” Adam answered. “Everything goes round and round until eventually, sooner or later, most of it goes… — Alan Bradley History 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
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