Gail Carriger Quotes

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.

There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.

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

It'll all end in tears and oil.

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?

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

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!

I think we seldom regret the risks we take as much as the times we did not try at all.

Just because history says it isn't possible doesn't mean that there aren't exceptions.

We like the shadows. That's where all the power is.

Oh, Major, you do so love to annoy, don't you?""It is the stuff of living, my lady.

Trust is a lot to ask of someone.

Where were the scientific pamphlets that taught a woman how to listen to herself die?

I like fish, " chirruped Tunstell."Really, Mr. Tunstell? What is your preferred breed?""Well"--Tunstell hesitated--"you know, the um, ones that"--he made a swooping motion with both hands--"uh, swim.

Sophronia felt bound to object. "I, for one, should prefer not to shoot at someone I like.""Admirable scruples, Miss Temminnick. Get over them. For you will do it anyway.

He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog.

Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter.

Felicity was horrible and snide, but then Felicity had been a repulsive earwig ever since she first grew a vocabulary.

For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action.

Ivy was particularly adept at being ignorant but could cause extensive havoc with the smallest scrap of information.

We're a team like tea and milk, or cake and custard, or pork and apple.

Having delivered the expected daily miracle, Floote stood in his usual stance and warily watched the Templars work.

Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible.

And vampires were perverted. Or so she hoped

One could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for everyone and impossible to improve upon with sauce.

It is a valuable thing for an intelligencer to be forgotten.

The 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.

It didn't feel sporting to shoot at a crazy person, even if that person was a vampire who'd agreed to the job.

Lyall's face went deadpan as he relayed the details, as those who are tortured or raped will become when they retell the pattern of abuse

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.

It 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.

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!

After every unladylike action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction. Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.

Tonight I crash an airship. On purpose.

Most girls recently out of finishing school are like soufflés: puffed up, not very substantial inside, and prone to collapsing at the slightest provocation.

Gavin tried not to stare at the lobster. He decided not to inquire further. Whatever Jack's reasoning, best to accept that crustaceans were necessary to his view of the world.

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.

He might have lost his mind, but never his fashion sense.

Mortals trotted about in shoes and corsets made to limit movement, fashion for prey.

Chasing ghosts while pursued by daemons...

Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.

That's a very murky position, " objected Felix."So's the weather. But this is England, we must learn to live with uncertainty.

The monkeys, she explained, were considered reincarnated politicians, which made Rue laugh and the stick entirely understandable.

When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.