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Books are like oxygen to a deep-sea diver, " she had once said. "Take them away and you might as well begin counting the bubbles.Alan Bradley
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Think of the billions of trillions of snowflakes, and the billions of trillions of hydrogen and oxygen molecules in every single one of them. It makes you wonder, doesn’t it, who wrote the laws for the wind and the rain, the snow and the dew? I’ve tried to work it out, but it makes my head spin.Alan Bradley
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The vicar's organized a snow-shoveling party."" But why?" I asked. It didn't make sense. If all the roads were closed, what use was it clearing a way to the front door?" Because, " said Aunt Felicity's voice behind me, "it is a well-known fact that more than two men shut up together in an enclosed space for more than an hour constitute a hazard to society. If unpleasantness is to be avoided, they must be made to go outdoors and work off their animal spirits. .Alan Bradley
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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.Alan Bradley
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Do What?' 'Lie, ' he said. 'Why do you fabricate these outlandish stories?'' Well, ' I wanted to say, 'there are those of us who create because all around us, things visible and invisible are crumbling. We are like the stonemasons of Babylon, forever working, as it says in Jeremiah, to shore up the city of walls.' I didn't say that, of course. What I did say was: 'I don't know.Alan Bradley