Gail Carriger Quotes

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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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  Husband, School, Evil

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.85, Hachette UK

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

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  Thinking, Doors, People

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

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  Should, Scales

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• Ivy waved her wet handkerchief, as much as to say 'words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress'. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful gestures when verbal embellishments could compound the effect, she said, "Words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress.

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  Meaningful, Ivy, Profound

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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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  Book, Differences, Needs

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• 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.

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  Done, Mama, Werewolf

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• 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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  Dog, Mean, Games

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

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  Ladybugs

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• Spin the parasol three times and repeat after me: I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.

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  Fashion, Passion, Names

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.66, Hachette UK

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• Past persons of Scottishness in contact with mastermind of supernatural persuasion in London, aka Agent Doom.’ Floote moved on to the third bit of paper. “ ‘Lady K says Agent Doom assisted depraved Plan of Action. May have all been his idea.’ Moving on to the last one, he read out, "Summer permits Scots to expose more knee than lady of refinement should have to withstand. Hairmuffs much admired. Yours etc., Puff Bonnet.

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  Summer, Moving, Past

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• She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities.

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  Want, Might, Possibility

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.34, Hachette UK

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• Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance.

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  Self, Extra Time, Trying

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.24, Hachette UK

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• Ooo,” said Alexia, fascinated, “it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence.” The earl laughed. “You must show me these books of yours.

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  Book, Details, Said

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• Classic author moment, "Oh dear, did I kill that character or not?

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  Character, Classic, Moments

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• The infant-inconvenience kicked in response, and Conall twitched at the sensation. “Active little pup, isn’t he?” “She,” corrected his wife. “As if any child of mine would dare be a boy.” It was a long-standing argument. “Boy,” replied Conall. “Any child as difficult as this one has been from the start must, perforce, be male.” Alexia snorted. “As if my daughter would be calm and biddable.” Conall grinned, catching one of her hands and bringing it in for a kiss, all prickly whiskers and soft lips. “Very good point, wife. Very good point.

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  Daughter, Children, Kissing

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• Which was why, some six hours later, Alexia Maccon's daughter was born inside the head of an octomaton in the presence of her husband, a comatose werewolf dandy, and a French inventor.

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  Daughter, Husband, Six

  Gail Carriger (2011). “Heartless: Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.221, Hachette UK

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• She poked him in the center of his chest with two fingers to punctuate her words. “You are an unfeeling”—poke —“traitorous”—poke—“mistrusting”—poke—“rude”—poke —“booby!” Every poke turned him mortal, but Lord Maccon didn’t seem to mind it in the least. Instead he grabbed the hand that poked him and brought it to his lips. “You put it very well, my love.

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  Hands, Two, Rude

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• What’s wrong with you? Are you ill? I forbid you to be ill, wife.

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  Wife, Ill

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

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  Gossip, Observation, Relays

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.15, Hachette UK

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• Oh, Lady Maccon, I am unreservedly in love with her. That black hair, that sweet disposition, those capital hats.

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  Sweet, Hair, Black

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• Ah, Lady Maccon, how lovely. I did wonder when you would track us down.” “I was unavoidably delayed by husbands and Ivys,” explained Alexia. “These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended.

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  Husband, Track, Lovely

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• 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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  House, Accessories, Moments

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.29, Hachette UK

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• He was so very large and so very gruff that he rather terrified her, but he always behaved correctly in public, and there was a lot to be said for a man who sported such well-tailored jackets---even if he did change into a ferocious beast once a month.

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  Men, Months, Beast

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• He is clearly bookish. I did not follow a single word of their conversation at dinner last night, not one jot of it. He must be bookish.

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  Night, Dinner, Lasts

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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.

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  Fashion, Army, Islands

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