“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
“...and I realized not without a sinking feeling that he was already completely in Feely’s thrall, hanging on her every word like… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“IT WAS ONE OF those glorious days in March when the air was so fresh that you worshipped every whiff of it;… — Alan Bradley 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 Copy Share Image
“I lay for a long time in silence, staring at the ceiling. Was my life always to be like this? I wondered.… — Alan Bradley Life 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 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
“(The doorbell rang) ... I knew that Feely and Daffy would never condescend to respond to a bell ("So utterly Pavlovian," Feely… — Alan Bradley 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
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
“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
“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
“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 felt a pang -- a strange and inexplicable pang that I had never felt before. It was homesickness. Now, even more… — Alan Bradley 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
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
“The sweater didn't fit me, of course. Even with the sleeves rolled up I looked like a baggy monkey picking bananas. But… — Alan Bradley Fashion 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
“It's a fact of life that a girl can tell in a flash if another girl likes her...Between girls there is a… — Alan Bradley Life 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
“…it is a well-known fact that more than two men shut up together in an enclosed space for more than an hour… — Alan Bradley 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
“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
“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
“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
Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
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