Flavia De Luce Quotes

“I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did.”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“If stupidity were theoretical physics, then I would be Albert Einstein.”
― Alan Bradley, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

“It's amazing what the discovery of a corpse can do for one's spirits.”
― Alan Bradley, Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

“Nature does abhor a vacuum, but she equally abhors pressure.”
― Alan Bradley, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

“Antigone," he told the dark-haired woman, "I'd like you to meet Flavia de Luce."

I knew for a fact that she was going to say, "Oh, yes, my husband has mentioned you," and she would say it with that little smirk that tells you so much about the amused conversation that had followed.

"I'm so pleased to meet you, Flavia," she said, putting out the most beautiful hand in the world and giving me a good solid shake, "and to find that you share my love of marionettes."

If she'd told me to "fetch" I would have done it.

"I love your name," I managed.

"Do you? My father was Greek and my mother Italian. She was a ballet teacher and he was a fishmonger, so I grew up dancing in the streets of Billingsgate."

With her dark hair and sea green eyes, she was the image of Botticelli's Flora, whose features adorned the back of a hand mirror at Buckshaw that Father had once given to Harriet.”
― Alan Bradley, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

“It would not be out of order to remark here that a chemist's work is never done. Those choosing it asa profession ought to know at the outset that most of their lives will be spent washing up.”
― Alan Bradley, The Golden Tresses of the Dead