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1 " I mean to say, really, I am near to developing a neurosis - is there anyone around who doesn't want to study or kill me?" Floote raised a tentative hand." Ah, yes, thank you, Floote." " There is also Mrs Tunstell, madam," he offered hopefully, is if Ivy were some kind of consolation prize." I notice you don't mention my fair-weather husband." " I suspect, at this moment, madam, he probably wants to kill you." Alexia couldn't help smiling. " Good point. "
2 " 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)
3 " Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter. "
― Gail Carriger , Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
4 " 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. "
5 " You know, Alexia started, “I will be deeply disappointed if the apocalypse starts in Portsmouth. "
― Gavin G. Smith , The Age of Scorpio
