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1 " How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all. "
― Gail Carriger , Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
2 " The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine. "
3 " I think we seldom regret the risks we take as much as the times we did not try at all. "
― Gail Carriger , Imprudence (The Custard Protocol, #2)
4 " Highland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table. "
5 " And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you? "
― Gail Carriger
6 " There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from some inner, tasty citrus quality. It made Alexia wonder fancifully if cities could have souls. "
― Gail Carriger , Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
7 " Just because history says it isn't possible doesn't mean that there aren't exceptions. "
8 " Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect. "
9 " We like the shadows. That's where all the power is. "
― Gail Carriger , Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4)
10 " Trust is a lot to ask of someone. "
11 " Where were the scientific pamphlets that taught a woman how to listen to herself die? "
― Gail Carriger , Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
12 " ...you have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation! "
13 " But I don't want to be a vampire drone.' Sophronia winced. 'They'll suck my blood and make me wear only the very latest fashions. "
― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
14 " The Earl of Woolsey was indeed completely nude. He did not seem particularly perturbed by this fact, but Miss Tarabotti felt the sudden need to close her eyes tight and think about asparagus or something equally mundane. "
15 " He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog. "
16 " Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter. "
17 " Felicity was horrible and snide, but then Felicity had been a repulsive earwig ever since she first grew a vocabulary. "
― Gail Carriger , Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
18 " For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action. "
19 " Ivy was particularly adept at being ignorant but could cause extensive havoc with the smallest scrap of information. "
20 " We're a team like tea and milk, or cake and custard, or pork and apple. "
