307 Quotes by Alan Bradley

As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No ... eight days a week.

If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide.

One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.

My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon. They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.

Revenge is my specialty.

Everyone else in the world is sorry. Dare to be something more than that.

Whenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.

It was the chemistry that caused this lifting of the spirits. Chemistry lifted you up out of the mud and flung you up among the stars.

The possibilities seemed endless, which made it all the more exciting, since possibilities are so much more thrilling than certainties – or so I’ve always thought.