Alan Bradley Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Long Ago Quotes

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 instance or oatmeal. Then when the fugitive word was least expecting it I would suddenly turn the full blaze of my attention back onto it catching the culprit in the beam of my mental torch before it could sneak off again into the darkness.

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

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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.

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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

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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, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren's hands.

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Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.

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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.

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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.

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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.

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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!

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