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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
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But when oxidation nibbles more slowly - more delicately, like a tortoise - at the world around us, without a flame, we call it rust and we sometimes scarcely notice as it goes about its business consuming everything from hairpins to whole civilizations.Alan Bradley
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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.Alan Bradley
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…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world.Alan Bradley
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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.Alan Bradley
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A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one, and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories.Alan Bradley
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We always want to love the recipients of our charity, " the doctor said, negotiating a sharp bend in the road with a surprising demonstration of steering skill, "but it is not necessary. Indeed, it is sometimes not possible.Alan Bradley