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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) QUOTES

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) QUOTES

1 " 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)

2 " Ball?” said one of the Pistons with interest. “We like balls.”
Dimity gave them her best, most haughty look. “Yes, but are you certain they like you? "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

3 " He ... boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to slide away and become a sideburn or something more fashionable. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

4 " Really, Sophronia, it makes me most uncomfortable how you manage to sort everything out every time I faint. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

5 " What on earth could we girls possibly learn from a werewolf?" Sophronia wondered.
"How to keep a hat on no matter what the circumstances?" hazarded Dimity. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

6 " Coming to the ball, Mr. Plumleigh-Teignmott?”
“Ball? If you insist.” Pillover slid off his trunk, and Roger jumped down to help him load it into the cart.
“Ball?” said one of the Pistons with interest. “We like balls.”
Dimity gave them her best, most haughty look. “Yes, but are you certain they like you? "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

7 " Very good, Monique. Perfect as always. Next time, Sidheag, smaller handkerchief. A lady carries embroidered muslin, not-what on earth is that? A square of tweed? Really, girl! Dimity, watch your balance, and red? Dear, not read. You're not ready for red. Red is only for the advanced deployment of handkerchiefs. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

8 " Quietly Sophronia added, "And the soot on my dress, sir?"
"I didn't see anything." Professor Braithwope smiled down at her, showing a small hint of fang.
Sophronia grinned back. "I'm glad we understand each other, sir."
The vampire looked out into the night. "This is the right finishing school for you, isn't it, whot?"
"Yes sir, I think it might very well be."
"A piece of advice, Miss Temminnick?"
"Sir?"
"It is a great skill to have friends in low places. They, too, have things to teach you."
"Now, sir, I thought you didn't see any soot. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

9 " What Sophronia did not know, and had yet to learn to control, was that her smile was rather more powerful than most. The face she saw in the mirror each morning was passingly pretty, if not terribly thrilling, but when she smiled with the full force of her personality behind it, she came over vibrant and striking. It was one of the reasons Monique disliked her so. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

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

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

11 " Isn't Bunson's training evil geniuses?"
"Yes, mostly."
"Well, is that wise? Having a mess of seedling evil geniuses falling in love with you willy-nilly? What if they feel spurned?"

"Ah, but in the interim, think of the lovely gifts they can make you. Monique bragged that one of her boys made her silver and wood hair sticks as anti-supernatural weapons. With amethyst inlay. And another made her an exploding wicker chicken."
"Goodness, what's that for?"

Dimity pursed her lips. "Who doesn't want an exploding wicker chicken? "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

12 " What’s that?” she asked the girl, wrinkling her nose.

“Oh, that? That’s just Pillover.”

“And what’s a pillover, when it’s at home?”

“My little brother.”

“Ah, I commiserate. I have several of my own. Dashed inconvenient, brothers. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

13 " If there is gossip to be garnered, garner it. If there are new dress styles to be imitated, imitate them. If there are hearts to be broken, break them.
That's my girls. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

14 " I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

15 " She had to give her teachers credit: they were right to insist all pupils carry scissors, handkerchiefs, perfume and hair ribbons at all times. At some point she'd learn why they also required a red lace doily and a lemon. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

16 " It'll all end in tears and oil. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

17 " The bowl landed, in glorious perfection, atop the head of Mrs Barnaclegoose, who was not the kind of woman to appreciate the finer points of being crowned by trifle. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

18 " But we were talking about me and my problems."

Sophronia looked Monique up and down gravely.

"I don't think we're going to solve those in the space of one carriage ride. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

19 " How have I never noticed she only required praise to find me acceptable? wondered Sophronia, not quite realizing that this, too, was a mark of her new education. Many was the lady whose belief in another's sound judgment was based solely upon that other judging her favorably. "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

20 " Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken? "

― Gail Carriger , Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)