“IT WAS ONE OF those glorious days in March when the air was so fresh that you worshipped every whiff of it;… — Alan Bradley Joy Copy Share Image
“How could I tell Clarence that finding another dead body was anything but dreadful? On the contrary: it was thrilling; it was… — Alan Bradley Dead-body 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
“Any barrier, I had learned--even a potential one--was best breached by pretending urgency.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“The best thing for soothing a disappointed mind is oxygen. A couple of deep inhalations of the old “O” rejuvenates every cell… — Alan Bradley Psychology Copy Share Image
“...Mrs. Mullet, when it came to gossip, was equaled only by the News of the World .” — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“I had concocted the gunpowder myself from niter, sulfur, charcoal, and a happy heart. When working with explosives, I've found that attitude… — Alan Bradley Explosives Copy Share Image
I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand… — Alan Bradley Book Copy Share Image
I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic… — Alan Bradley Lasting 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
“Was my life always to be like this? I wondered.Was it going to go, forever, in an instant, from sunshine to shadow?… — Alan Bradley Life Copy Share Image
“I knew that Feely and Daffy would never condescend to respond to a bell “So utterly Pavlovian,” Feely said” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“If God meant for pictures to be sent through the air He’d have never would have given us cinema. Or the national… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I wanted to shake the stuffing out of him; I wanted to hug him; I wanted to die.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“You never know what you're getting into when you stick your nose in other people's rubbish.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“We Three Kings of Leicester Square, Selling ladies’ underwear, So fantastic, no elastic, Only tuppence a pair.” — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“Now, glancing over...as she knelt with her eyes closed, her fingertips touching and pointed to Heaven, and her lips shaping soft words… — Alan Bradley Religion Copy Share Image
“Impertinent children ought to be given six coats of shellac and set up in public places as a warning to others.” — Alan Bradley Children Copy Share Image
“one’s innate desire for escape.’ Everyone needs to escape, don’t they? In one way or another, I mean.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“We always want to love the recipients of our charity," the doctor said, negotiating a sharp bend in the road with a… — Alan Bradley Charity Copy Share Image
“What else?" Nothing," Dogger said. "Just sign it. "Kings prefer brevity.” — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death.… — Alan Bradley Death Copy Share Image
