Flavia Quotes

“Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“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.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“It’s not polite to ask ” he said with a slight smile. “One must never ask a policeman his secrets.”

“Why not ”

“For the same reason I don’t ask you yours.”

How I adored this man! Here we were the two of us engaged in a mental game of chess in which both of us knew that one of us was cheating.

At the risk of repetition, how I adored this man!”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was speaking to a member of the aristocracy.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“It was quite wrong of me Had I heard what I thought I’d heard or were my ears playing hob with me It was more likely that the sun and the moon should suddenly dance a jolly jig in the heavens than that one of my sisters should apologize. It was simply unheard of.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“It always surprises me after a family row to find that the world outdoors has remained the same. While the passions and feelings that accumulate like noxious gases inside a house seem to condense and cling to the walls and ceilings like old smoke the out-of-doors is different. The landscape seems incapable of accumulating human radiation. Perhaps the wind blows anger away.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“As Daffy once said, the best place to hide a glum countenance is onstage at the opera.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“I had to make water ” I said. It was the classic female excuse and no male in recorded history had ever questioned it.
“I see ” the Inspector said and left it at that.
Later I would have a quick piddle behind the caravan for insurance purposes. No one would be any the wiser.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“Oh, there you are, you odious little prawn...”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“I waved my hand like a frantic dust mop fingers spread ludicrously wide apart as if to say “What jolly fun ” What I wanted to do actually was to leap to my feet strike a pose and burst into one of those “Yo-ho for the open road ” songs they always play in the cinema musicals but I stifled the urge and settled for a ghastly grin and an extra twiddle of the fingers.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“I remembered that Johnson had declared portrait painting to be an improper employment for a woman. “Public practice of any art and staring in men’s faces is very indelicate in a female,” he had said.

Well I’d seen Dr. Johnson’s face in the book’s frontispiece and I couldn’t imagine anyone male or female wanting to stare into it for any length of time —the man was an absolute toad.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“Not to be too dramatic about it, that night I slept the sleep of the damned. I dreamt of turrets and craggy ledges where the windswept rain blew in from the ocean with the odor of violets. A pale woman in Elizabethan dress stood beside my bed and whispered in my ear that the bells would ring. An old salt in an oilcloth jacket sat atop a piling, mending nets with an awl, while far out at sea a tine aeroplane winged its way towards the setting sun.”
― Alan Bradley

“I'll ring for Mrs. Mullet," Feely said, reaching for a velvet pull that hung near the mantelpiece, and which probably hadn't been used since George the Third was foaming at the mouth.”
― Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

“Kamu tahu, ketika kamu mengatakan akan menyerah, sesungguhnya hal-hal hebat sedang mulai bekerja”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“Kamu harus tahu, tidak semua kepedulian dan perhatian harus selalu diungkapkan dengan kata-kata.”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“Selalu ada keajaiban kalau kau percaya!”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“Ternyata memaafkan juga salah satu kunci kedewasaan.”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“Selalu ada hal indah kalau kau bisa berpikir positif di balik sebuah masalah.”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“Mencintai bukan berarti kamu harus hancur kalau dia nggak ada, kan?”
― Lea Agustina Citra, Flavia Fights Back

“How do I get rid of you, Prince Charming?
Step 1: Fall in love with him!
Step 2: However, don't show it.
Step 3: Demonstrate your carelessness.
Step 4: When he tells you to remain away, do so.
Step 5: Despite the fact that you know this isn't what he actually wants.
Step 6: Tell a lie.
Step 7: I'm OK without you!
Step 8: Have courage.
Step 9: My dear, you don't require a Prince Charming in your life.
Step 10: Well done, you've gotten rid of him!”
― Flavia Lame