Gail Carriger Quotes - Page 4

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• Follow that porcupine!

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  Porcupines

  Gail Carriger (2011). “Heartless: Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.150, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Talking, Space

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• 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.

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  Husband, Thinking, Long

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• These feelings you engender in me, my lord, are most indelicate. You should stop causing them immediately.

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  Feelings, Lord, Should

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• Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its top.

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  Cake, Nibbling, Lord

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.166, Hachette UK

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• Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.” “Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!

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  Thoughtful

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Curtsies and Conspiracies: Number 2 in series”, p.26, Hachette UK

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• Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.

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  Pigs, Two, Paris

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• Ever since her trip with Alexia to Scotland, Mrs. Tunstell had rather a taste for foreign travel. Alexia blamed it on the kilts.

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  Scotland, Kilts, Taste

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

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  Fashion, Enigma

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

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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?

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  Baby, Mean, Thinking

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

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  Uncomfortable, Manage

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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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  Action, Lord, Hallways

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner of a cat amusing himself among the butterflies without a need to interfere should their wings get torn off. They were only butterflies, after all.

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  Butterfly, Cat, Wings

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• 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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  Men, People, Missing

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.233, Hachette UK

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• Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. Our biggest concern is what you get up to when we are not watching. Because, if nothing else, this test has told us you are probably spying on us, as well as everyone around you.

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  Girl, School, Perfect

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• I'd rather be loyal than right.

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  Loyal

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Curtsies and Conspiracies: Number 2 in series”, p.58, Hachette UK

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• Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.

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  Jobs, Arrogance, Description

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• Lord Akeldama sighed. 'You lovebirds, how will I endure such flirtations constantly in my company? How déclassé, Lord Maccon, to love your own wife.

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  Class, Wife, Lord

  Gail Carriger (2011). “Heartless: Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy pickled snack' as well. I was not pleased" (Professor Lyall to Madame Lefoux)

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  Drinking, Snacks, Beverages

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.1, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Hair, Giving

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.99, Hachette UK

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• Biffy said, off the cuff, "Or we could find a replacement queen." "Volunteering for the position?" "Why, Professor, is that wittiness I detect?" "Only for you." "Charmer." Biffy tapped him on the arm playfully.

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  Queens, Volunteer, Cuffs

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• I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns.

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  Believe, Gun, Bangs

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• 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.

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  Mustache, Slides, Lips

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• Captain Niall, having apparently resigned himself to losing his quarry, was savaging her horsehair petticoat into teeny, tiny shreds. "Really, what did my poor petticoat do to offend?

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  Captains, Tiny, Losing

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• His eyes were jet-colored circles of perpetual disapproval.

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  Eye, Circles, Disapproval

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