"It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it."

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Source : Alan Bradley (2016). “The Flavia de Luce Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.193, Delacorte Press

Alan Bradley

#Daughter Quotes #Father Quotes #Order Quotes

“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.”
“Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The seducer and the politician, who live in the dialectic and have a feeling and instinct for it, try their best to keep it hidden.”
“The only ones I trust really are my Mum and Dad and those who are closest to me.”
“If you socialize people to care about each other and care about relationships, they tend to be much less violent and tend to think about the consequences of their actions more.”
“My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.”
“You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.”
“I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.”
“Don't gobblefunk around with words.”

Source : Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.28, Penguin

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