It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago bec… - Alan Bradley
It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago bec…
- Alan Bradley
What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation - all of it! - was held together by invisible … - Alan Bradley
What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation - all of it! - was held together by invisible …
One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand. - Alan Bradley
One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend. - Alan Bradley
Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, del… - Alan Bradley
I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books to be frivolous time-wasters, del…
If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide. - Alan Bradley
If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide.
To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. - Alan Bradley
To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instan… - Alan Bradley
I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instan…
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 bas… - Alan Bradley
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 bas…
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