You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?" "I was hu... by Gail Carriger

You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?" "I was hungry, allowances should be made.

Gail Carriger

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It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.

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I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day.

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I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispheri... by Gail Carriger

I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispherical.

ladybugs

How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.

doors people thinking

She took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.

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Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied by Gail Carriger

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

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[She] lost her patience, a thing she was all too prone to misplac... by Gail Carriger

[She] lost her patience, a thing she was all too prone to misplacing.

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One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible... by Gail Carriger

One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible.

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Scotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts.

kilts knees nice

She boasted the general battle-ax demeanor of an especially strict governess. This was the kind of woman who took her tea black, smoked cigars after midnight, played a mean game of cribbage, and kept a bevy of repulsive little dogs. Alexia liked her immediately.

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What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners and ridiculous fashions were obviously dictated by vampires. And, without a doubt, the British army regimental system functions on werewolf pack dynamics.

army fashion islands

Lady Maccon stopped suddenly. Her husband got four long strides ahead before he realized she had paused. She was starring thoughtfully up into the aether, twirling the deadly parasol about her head. "I have just remembered something," Alexia said when he returned to her side. "Oh, that explains everything. How foolish of me to think you could walk and remember at the same time.

husband long thinking

Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to r... by Gail Carriger

Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists.

perfectly-good broken heart

It was a constant source of amazement to Alexia that the only thing she had ever done in her entire life that pleased her mama was marry a werewolf.

werewolf mama done

Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involve... by Gail Carriger

Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved.

involved hypocrisy

I suppose that saves us from having to determine what to do with a butler who goes around killing people. It certainly reflects badly upon our domestic staff. Still, I shall miss him. There was a man who knew how to brew a good cup of tea.

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I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to prac... by Gail Carriger

I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.

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My Hallway" remarked Lord Akeldama,"Has never seen such lively action. And That, my sugarplums, is saying something!

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Lord Macon deposited his wife into a chair and then knelt next to her, clutching one of her hands. "Tell me truthfully - how are you feeling?" Alexia took a breath. "Truthfully? I sometimes wonder if I, like Madame Lefoux, should affect masculine dress." "Gracious me, why?" "You mean aside from the issue of greater mobility?" "My love, I don't think that's currently the result of your clothing." "Indeed, I mean after the baby." "I still don't see why should want to." "Oh no? I dare you to spend a week in a corset, long skirts and a bustle." "How do you know I haven't?

baby mean thinking

Biffy didn't like enigmas - they were out of fashion. by Gail Carriger

Biffy didn't like enigmas - they were out of fashion.

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