Cam

“A pillar of strength, Daffy had once remarked, was a nice way of saying someone was terminally bossy,”
― Alan Bradley, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

“Was it wrong to be so deceitful? Well, yes, it probably was. But if God hadn’t wanted me to be the way I am, He would have arranged to have me born a haddock instead of Flavia de Luce—wouldn’t He?”
― Alan Bradley, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

“So that was it. As at a birth, so at a death. Without so much as a kiss-me-quick-and-mind-the-marmalade, the only female in sight is enlisted to trot off and see that the water is boiled. Rustle something up, indeed! What did he take me for, some kind of cowboy?”
― Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

“It is always better, and far more rewarding, I have observed, to have someone else feel sorry for you, than to do the job yourself.”
― Alan Bradley, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust