“being Flavia de Luce was like being a sublimate: like the black crystal residue that is left on the cold glass of a test tube by the violet fumes of iodine.”
Alan Bradley
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“This was what being cured was like: like being in a fishbowl, circling always inside the same glass.”
Lauren Oliver
Annabel
“There's a lot to be said for being alone. But you and I know, don't we, Flavia, that being alone and being lonely are not at all the same thing?”
Alan Bradley
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
“You should never look at the cup or glass as being half empty; see it as being half empty, then you will have mastered the test of greatness.”
Barbara Hart
The Lives of Abused and Battered Women
“… as well as a tiny brown glass vial of perfumed oil. It smelled of violets and chocolate. Yeah, like i needed the zombies to find me any more delicious. That'd be like a cow wearing 'eau de gravy'.”
Lia Habel
Dearly, Departed
“being sick feels like you're wearing someone else's glasses”
Megan Boyle
selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee