01c. 1976 ADIvy was particularly adept at being ignorant but could cause extensive havoc with the smallest scrap of information.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
02c. 1976 ADWe're a team like tea and milk, or cake and custard, or pork and apple.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
03c. 1976 ADHaving delivered the expected daily miracle, Floote stood in his usual stance and warily watched the Templars work.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
04c. 1976 ADAlexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
05c. 1976 ADWhat 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.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
07c. 1976 ADOne could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for everyone and impossible to improve upon with sauce.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
08c. 1976 AD[She] lost her patience, a thing she was all too prone to misplacing.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
10c. 1976 ADThe vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.Alexia did not speak glare-ish.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
11c. 1976 ADIt didn't feel sporting to shoot at a crazy person, even if that person was a vampire who'd agreed to the job.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
12c. 1976 ADLyall's face went deadpan as he relayed the details, as those who are tortured or raped will become when they retell the pattern of abuseGail Carriger / quote ↗
13c. 1976 ADI 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.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
14c. 1976 ADBut 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 / quote ↗
15c. 1976 ADIt had taken her a good deal of time before she believed that she was worth all that fierce affection he lavished upon her. To have it stolen away unjustly was that much more cruel.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
16c. 1976 ADHere, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.”“Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!Gail Carriger / quote ↗
17c. 1976 ADHis eyes are peculiar. There is nothing in them, like an eclair without the cream filling. It's wrong, lack of cream.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
18c. 1976 ADAfter every unladylike action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction. Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
20c. 1976 ADCats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
21c. 1976 ADMadame Lefoux accepted a cup of tea and sat on another little settee, next to the relocated calico cat. The cat clearly believed Madame Lefoux was there to provide chin scratches. Madame Lefoux provided.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
22c. 1976 ADSophronia and Dimity took a vacant love seat at the front, Sophronia dislodging a large, fluffy cat with a scrunched-up face. The cat gave her a disgusted look. Or seemed to; it was hard to tell with that face.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
23c. 1976 ADMost girls recently out of finishing school are like soufflés: puffed up, not very substantial inside, and prone to collapsing at the slightest provocation.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
24c. 1976 ADAfter four marriages, and four deaths, she had everything in life a woman might desire: titled position, swollen coffers, the freedom to travel, and a world that accepted her because it was afraid of her.Gail Carriger / quote ↗
