307 Quotes by Alan Bradley

Humility is a most excellent barometer," he said, "and ought to be looked for in all those we are made to look up to.

While you've been gadding about the countryside, we've held a meeting, and we've all of us decided that you must go.'In short, we've voted you out of the family,' Daffy said. 'It was unanimous.

They seem nice, though, your sisters, really,' Porcelain remarked.'Ha!' I said. 'Shows what little you know! I hate them!''Hate them? I should have thought you'd love them.''Of course I love them,' I said.... 'That's why I'm so good at hating them.

…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.

She always said she'd prefer to die on her way to the moon than under a runaway bus.

Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.

I have no fear of the dead. Indeed in my own limited experience I have found them to produce in me a feeling that is quite the opposite of fear. A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories. I’d had the good fortune of seeing several of them in my time.

How very kind of her, ' I said. 'I must remember to send her a card.'I'd send her a card alright. It would be the Ace of Spades, and I'd mail it anonymously from somewhere other than Bishop's Lacey.

The world is going to Hell in a linguistic handbag.