Gail Carriger Quotes - Page 7

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• Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved.

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  Hypocrisy, Involved

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• As with most things in life, Lady Maccon preferred the civilized exterior to the dark underbelly (with the exception of pork products, of course.)

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  Dark, Things In Life, Pork

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• Well, my love,” said Alexia with prodigious daring to Lord Maccon, “shall we?” The earl started to move forward and then stopped abruptly and looked down at her, not moving at all. “Am I?” “Are you what?” She peeked up at him through her tangled hair, pretending confusion. There was no possible way she was going to make this easy for him. “Your love?” “Well, you are a werewolf, Scottish, naked, and covered in blood, and I am still holding your hand.” He sighed in evident relief. “Good. That is settled, then.

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  Moving, Hair, Blood

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• Ah, no, deployment was delayed after you left. Technical difficulties.” “Oh?” “Yes, it was technically difficult to leave a heartbroken Alpha.

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  Heartbroken, Deployment, Difficult

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• Conall,” “Aye, Alexia?” He looked up at her. Was that fear in his caramel eyes? “I am going to take advantage of you,” she said

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  Eye, Advantage, Caramel

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• Rail is such an undignified way to travel. All that rapid racing about. Floating has so much more gravitas.

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  Racing, Floating, Way

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• Tunstell, this is your Alpha speaking. Do as I tell you. You must regurgitate now. Regurgitation is an involuntary action. You cannot simply order me to do it,” replied Tunstell in a small voice. “I most certainly can. Besides which, you are an actor.” Tunstell grimaced. “I’ve never had cause to vomit onstage.

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  Order, Voice, Actors

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• Really, Alexia, what could have possessed you to attach yourself to the side of the ship in such a juvenile fashion? It is positively barnacle-like.

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  Fashion, Ships, Sides

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• Alexia,” she hissed to her friend, “there are knees positively everywhere. What do I do?

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  Knees, Positively

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• What did you do?” “Well, you see, there was this pot of tea, simply sitting there…” He trailed off. “Useful thing, tea,” commented Lyall thoughtfully.

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  Tea, Sitting, Pot

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• My petal. Westminster’s toy had tea issues. Thank Biffy and Lyall. Toodle pip. A.

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  Issues, Tea, Toys

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• Why? I mean, why you? I can perfectly comprehend not liking my husband. I dislike him intensely most of the time.” Professor Lyall stifled a chuckle. “I am given to understand that he does not approve of spelling one’ s name with two ll’s. He finds it inexcusably Welsh. I suspect he may be quite taken with you, however.

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  Husband, Taken, Mean

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• Lord Maccon, being Lord Maccon and good at such things, then changed, right there in the Thames, from dog-paddling wolf to large man treading water. He did so flawlessly, so that his head never went under the water. Professor Lyall suspected him of practicing such maneuvers in the bathtub.

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  Dog, Men, Water

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• Really, Channing,” remonstrated Alexia, “did you have to eat the man’s dog? I am convinced you will experience terrible indigestion.

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  Dog, Men, Terrible

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.182, Hachette UK

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• Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it.

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  Pieces, Paper, Delicacy

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.163, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Fashion, Blood, Vampire

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.6, Hachette UK

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• The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.

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  World, Patterns, Causes

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• What do you want?" Sophronia was moved to exasperation. "Me? Stockings and breeches to come back in fashion. I do miss seeing a man's calves.

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  Fashion, Men, Missing

  Gail Carriger (2016). “The Finishing School Complete Collection”, p.461, Hachette UK

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• How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!

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  Cases, Idiocy, Knows

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• Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.

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  Bricks, Opinion, Lord

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.48, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  Girl, Heart, Broken

  Gail Carriger (2016). “The Finishing School Complete Collection”, p.140, Hachette UK

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• And I find perfect beauty excessively boring, don't you?

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  Perfect, Boring, Perfect Beauty

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