“Have you ever wondered, Dogger," I asked, "if wickedness is a chemical state?" "Indeed I have, Miss Flavia," he said. "I have… — Alan Bradley 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
“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
“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 Condescending 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
“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
“Feely had the knack of being able to screw one side of her face into a witchlike horror while keeping the other… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“Was the pie good, luv?" she asked. I'd forgotten the pie until that moment. I took a leaf from Dr. Darby's notebook.… — Alan Bradley Time Copy Share Image
“As he drank, I remembered that there's a reason we English are ruled more by tea than by Buckingham Palace or His… — Alan Bradley Buckingham palace Copy Share Image
It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning… — Alan Bradley Birth 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
“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
“It’s not polite to ask ” he said with a slight smile. “One must never ask a policeman his secrets.” “Why not… — Alan Bradley Flavia Copy Share Image
“Here we were, Father and I, shut up in a plain little room, and for the first time in my life having… — Alan Bradley Children Copy Share Image
“It always surprises me after a family row to find that the world outdoors has remained the same. While the passions and… — Alan Bradley Family Copy Share Image
“If there is a thing I truly despise, it is being addressed as "dearie." When I write my magnum opus, A Treatise… — Alan Bradley Humor Copy Share Image
“I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that… — Alan Bradley Aristocracy Copy Share Image
“How curious it was, [...], that we humans had taken millions of year to crawl up out of the swamps and yet,… — Alan Bradley 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 Copy Share Image
TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the… — Alan Bradley Cinema Copy Share Image
“There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being… — Alan Bradley Loneliness 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
“The word “actually,” like its cousin “frankly,” should, by itself, be a tip-off to most people that what is to follow is… — Alan Bradley 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 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
“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 THE PERSON OUTSIDE TO WHOM YOU WERE speaking?” Inspector Hewitt asked. "Dogger," I said. "First name?" "Flavia," I said. I couldn't… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“being Flavia de Luce was like being a sublimate: like the black crystal residue that is left on the cold glass of… — Alan Bradley 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
“I'll ring for Mrs. Mullet," Feely said, reaching for a velvet pull that hung near the mantelpiece, and which probably hadn't been… — Alan Bradley Flavia Copy Share Image
During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations. — Alan Bradley Broadcasting 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 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
“What are we going to do, Dogger?' It seemed a reasonable question. After all he had been through, surely Dogger knew something… — Alan Bradley Hope Copy Share Image
“You must never be deflected by unpleasantness. I want you to remember that. Although it may not be apparent to others, your… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“There was no way out; not, at least, in this direction. I was like a hamster that had climbed to the top… — Alan Bradley Helplessness Copy Share Image
“It was a lie and I detected it at once. As an accomplished fibber myself, I spotted the telltale signs of an… — Alan Bradley Lie Copy Share Image
“I have no fear of the dead. Indeed in my own limited experience I have found them to produce in me a… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I remembered a piece of sisterly advice, which Feely once gave Daffy and me: "If ever you're accosted by a man," she'd… — 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
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