Quotes on Flavia de Luce

I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did.

Alan Bradley

When you are at war with yourself, who is there to forgive?

Alan Bradley

What was the point of being a child if you didn’t at least want to grow up to be someone remarkable?

Alan Bradley

Death is like an old whore in a bar—I’ll buy her a drink but I won’t go upstairs with her.

Alan Bradley

Chemistry, I learned, is simply a matter of letting time and patience do their work.

Alan Bradley

Being Flavia, I was, of course, most interested in how quickly the body would decompose.

Alan Bradley

I am learning to take things as they come, not to act on impulse, and to make the best of my station.

Alan Bradley

We are changeable beings, but there’s only so much growing up one can do in a single day.

Alan Bradley

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages of the world.

Alan Bradley

It’s amazing what the human mind can do, and even more amazing what it refuses to do.

Alan Bradley

There’s a lot to be said for a close encounter with mortality.

Alan Bradley

Family! ... So often they are like a bottle of cider that explodes in your face just when you were expecting it to quench your thirst.

Alan Bradley

There is a fine line between innocence and ignorance, as I was soon to discover.

Alan Bradley

The art of flattery has a built-in perjury clause.

Alan Bradley

It is a lonely thing to be known so well and still be only trusted so little.

Alan Bradley

Sometimes I feel like a sorceress conjuring up the spirits of the past.

Alan Bradley

We are all of us dreamers, but some are more practical about it than others.

Alan Bradley

I’ve learned that sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.

Alan Bradley

In the absence of something more interesting to ponder, it is always tempting to hypothesize the existence of evil.

Alan Bradley

Justice? I am as far from understanding it now as I ever was.

Alan Bradley