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Georgette Heyer quotes: How is this?" she demanded "I had thought a Marquis must always be acceptable!""That, Miss Merriville, Depends on the Marquis! How is this?" she demanded "I had thought a Marquis must always be acceptable!"
"That, Miss Merriville, Depends on the Marquis!
Georgette Heyer quotes: As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do. As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
Georgette Heyer quotes: As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly! As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had not been so excessively ugly!
Georgette Heyer quotes: I have never met the man who had vision large enough to appreciate my genius," he said simply. "Perhaps it was not to be expected. I have never met the man who had vision large enough to appreciate my genius," he said simply. "Perhaps it was not to be expected.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Do you know, it has of late become an ambition of mine to hear my name on your lips instead of my title Do you know, it has of late become an ambition of mine to hear my name on your lips instead of my title
Georgette Heyer quotes: But where is my son? Where is the beautiful Miss Merriot? But where is my son? Where is the beautiful Miss Merriot?
Georgette Heyer quotes: Lady Winwood being denied, the morning caller inquired with some anxiety for Miss Winwood, or, in fact, for any of the young ladies. Lady Winwood being denied, the morning caller inquired with some anxiety for Miss Winwood, or, in fact, for any of the young ladies.
Georgette Heyer quotes: the Reverend Felix Clowne, the Reverend Felix Clowne,
Georgette Heyer quotes: Tell me,is my grey hall an insuperable bar to matrimony? Tell me,is my grey hall an insuperable bar to matrimony?
Georgette Heyer quotes: I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly. I like very few people nowadays; in fact, the number of persons whom I cordially dislike increases almost hourly.
Georgette Heyer quotes: My lord, when I first encountered you the suspicion crossed my mind that your intellect was disordered. I am now certain that this is so! My lord, when I first encountered you the suspicion crossed my mind that your intellect was disordered. I am now certain that this is so!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!""I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better. Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!"
"I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.
Georgette Heyer quotes: What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all
Georgette Heyer quotes: Me, I am not a lady,' announced her grace. 'I have been very well educated, and I will drink port. Me, I am not a lady,' announced her grace. 'I have been very well educated, and I will drink port.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Martin,' interrupted Gervase, 'why were you stunned, kept in durance vile, and finally rolled into a sand-pit? Martin,' interrupted Gervase, 'why were you stunned, kept in durance vile, and finally rolled into a sand-pit?
Georgette Heyer quotes: You have no knowledge of me. You are to be pitied.''Envied, more like,' said his undutiful son. You have no knowledge of me. You are to be pitied.'
'Envied, more like,' said his undutiful son.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me.""Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep. I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me."
"Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.
Georgette Heyer quotes: My dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work? My dear girl, don't talk nonsense to me! You're lazy, that's all that's wrong with you. Why don't you take up social work?
Georgette Heyer quotes: is my very ardent desire to be permitted to pay my addresses to you is my very ardent desire to be permitted to pay my addresses to you
Georgette Heyer quotes: My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected. My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.
Georgette Heyer quotes: The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending. The more enchanted the idyll, greater must be the pain of its ending.
Georgette Heyer quotes: You will like her," he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm.""Voyons, do you think that is what I like? You will like her," he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm."
"Voyons, do you think that is what I like?
Georgette Heyer quotes: there it must end! there it must end!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Speed is the curse of the age. Speed is the curse of the age.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are?Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung! Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are?
Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!
Georgette Heyer quotes: [ ... ]my memory is reasonably good - unlike yours, dear sir!""Mine is erratic," he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me. [ ... ]my memory is reasonably good - unlike yours, dear sir!"
"Mine is erratic," he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me.
Georgette Heyer quotes: If you had not done such a shabby thing to me I would not have had you kidnapped. If you had not done such a shabby thing to me I would not have had you kidnapped.
Georgette Heyer quotes: She forced herself to smile, and to say magniloquently: She forced herself to smile, and to say magniloquently:
Georgette Heyer quotes: She thought that Fontley had suffered as much from a negligent mistress as from an improvident master. She thought that Fontley had suffered as much from a negligent mistress as from an improvident master.
Georgette Heyer quotes: She was generally considered to be a pretty woman; and, since she was as good-natured as she was foolish, she was almost universally liked. She was generally considered to be a pretty woman; and, since she was as good-natured as she was foolish, she was almost universally liked.
Georgette Heyer quotes: The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst! The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!
Georgette Heyer quotes: I am relieved. May I now have the truth? I am relieved. May I now have the truth?
Georgette Heyer quotes: Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife! Eccentricity may be diverting, Mama, but it is out of place in a wife: certainly in my wife!
Georgette Heyer quotes: you had as well go rabbit-hunting with a dead ferret as try to get past his butler! you had as well go rabbit-hunting with a dead ferret as try to get past his butler!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles? Is it not unsupportable to be held down to a canter when you long to gallop for miles?
Georgette Heyer quotes: Mrs Hendred was a very pretty woman of great good-nature and much less than commonsense. Mrs Hendred was a very pretty woman of great good-nature and much less than commonsense.
Georgette Heyer quotes: The society of my relatives can only be enjoyed with frequent intervals. The society of my relatives can only be enjoyed with frequent intervals.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Do you have a husband concealed about you? Do you have a husband concealed about you?
Georgette Heyer quotes: You are severe!' Carlyon You are severe!' Carlyon
Georgette Heyer quotes: Don't worry. Chivalry has practically no appeal for me whatsoever. Neville Fletcher Don't worry. Chivalry has practically no appeal for me whatsoever.
Neville Fletcher
Georgette Heyer quotes: Monseigneur, I have killed you! You are dead! You are dead!"You display an unseemly joy," he remarked. "I had no notion you were so bloodthirsty. Monseigneur, I have killed you! You are dead! You are dead!"
You display an unseemly joy," he remarked. "I had no notion you were so bloodthirsty.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I find it a marvellous circumstance, cousin, that no one has yet strangled you! I find it a marvellous circumstance, cousin, that no one has yet strangled you!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Just because I cut a lark with that stiff-rumped Exciseman you seem to think I'm as good as rope-ripe! Just because I cut a lark with that stiff-rumped Exciseman you seem to think I'm as good as rope-ripe!
Georgette Heyer quotes: No, but on the other hand you don't enact me Cheltenham tragedies when I've barely swallowed my breakfast. No, but on the other hand you don't enact me Cheltenham tragedies when I've barely swallowed my breakfast.
Georgette Heyer quotes: You've never been in a scrape yet but what it came about by accident. The thing is, no one else has these accidents. You've never been in a scrape yet but what it came about by accident. The thing is, no one else has these accidents.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Yes, darling, that is quite a nice frock, but the hankerchief is not only the wrong shade of grey, but quite damnably tied. Let me show you, my sweet. Yes, darling, that is quite a nice frock, but the hankerchief is not only the wrong shade of grey, but quite damnably tied. Let me show you, my sweet.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Eggs I must instantly have!" she announced. "And Lope de Vega I will not have, though in general a fine poet, but not in the kitchen! Eggs I must instantly have!" she announced. "And Lope de Vega I will not have, though in general a fine poet, but not in the kitchen!
Georgette Heyer quotes: God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man. God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I didn't smuggle the dog into the country; I merely caused him to be smuggled out of Baluchistan. I didn't smuggle the dog into the country; I merely caused him to be smuggled out of Baluchistan.
Georgette Heyer quotes: There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr Fox does not wish it there. Remove it!' The There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr Fox does not wish it there. Remove it!' The
Georgette Heyer quotes: You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory! You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
Georgette Heyer quotes: There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments. There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I always agree on trivial points,' replied Francis. 'It saves trouble. I always agree on trivial points,' replied Francis. 'It saves trouble.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Much discomposed, Freddy made inarticulate noises. Much discomposed, Freddy made inarticulate noises.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Nothing makes one so cross as knowing one is in the wrong, does it? Nothing makes one so cross as knowing one is in the wrong, does it?
Georgette Heyer quotes: A man whose raiment attracted attention, had said Mr Brummell, was not a well-dressed man. A man whose raiment attracted attention, had said Mr Brummell, was not a well-dressed man.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I contrive,"' said Prudence softly. 'Do you know, sir, you puzzle me.' 'It has ever been my motto,' the old gentleman pointed out triumphantly. I contrive,"' said Prudence softly. 'Do you know, sir, you puzzle me.' 'It has ever been my motto,' the old gentleman pointed out triumphantly.
Georgette Heyer quotes: How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris
Georgette Heyer quotes: I don't think I am green. It's true I only know what I've read in books, but I've read a great many books I don't think I am green. It's true I only know what I've read in books, but I've read a great many books
Georgette Heyer quotes: After all, life was not made up of moments of exaltation, but of quite ordinary, everyday things After all, life was not made up of moments of exaltation, but of quite ordinary, everyday things
Georgette Heyer quotes: There was nothing in store at Undershaw for his lordship but a set-down, but it was disappointing to be granted no opportunity to deliver this. There was nothing in store at Undershaw for his lordship but a set-down, but it was disappointing to be granted no opportunity to deliver this.
Georgette Heyer quotes: You're Beau Wyndham! Well, I'll be damned!''The prospect,' said Sir Richard, bored, 'leaves me unmoved You're Beau Wyndham! Well, I'll be damned!'
'The prospect,' said Sir Richard, bored, 'leaves me unmoved
Georgette Heyer quotes: I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons! I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!
Georgette Heyer quotes: The thought flashed into her mind that she beheld the embodiment of her ideal. It was as instantly banished; The thought flashed into her mind that she beheld the embodiment of her ideal. It was as instantly banished;
Georgette Heyer quotes: Nothing is so destructive of female charms as contact with fresh air. Nothing is so destructive of female charms as contact with fresh air.
Georgette Heyer quotes: If the worst comes to the worst I can always take Evelyn's place, can't I? If the worst comes to the worst I can always take Evelyn's place, can't I?
Georgette Heyer quotes: Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice. Oh, 'tis not my qualities they object to! 'Tis my lack of vice.
Georgette Heyer quotes: There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude! There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Surprise is the essence of attack! Surprise is the essence of attack!
Georgette Heyer quotes: I cannot bear to go back alone - to the world I have lived in with you. I cannot bear to go back alone - to the world I have lived in with you.
Georgette Heyer quotes: I may have said that I wanted to have an adventure," replied Miss Thane. "But I never said that I wanted to be murdered in my bed. I may have said that I wanted to have an adventure," replied Miss Thane. "But I never said that I wanted to be murdered in my bed.
Georgette Heyer quotes: People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit. People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.
Georgette Heyer quotes: He didn't choose between me and you, Julia: it was between me and ruin. He didn't choose between me and you, Julia: it was between me and ruin.
Georgette Heyer quotes: If people are only kind to me I'm sure I am the last person to quarrel with anyone.' His If people are only kind to me I'm sure I am the last person to quarrel with anyone.' His
Georgette Heyer quotes: Yes, Nicky, but you think I know everything because I never tell you anything I am not quite certain of Yes, Nicky, but you think I know everything because I never tell you anything I am not quite certain of
Georgette Heyer quotes: I do not like your name, sir," she answered."There was no thought of pleasing you when I was christened." he quoted lazily. I do not like your name, sir," she answered.
"There was no thought of pleasing you when I was christened." he quoted lazily.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.' He Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.' He
Georgette Heyer quotes: There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly in hers. There is always a thought of marriage between a single female and a personable gentleman, if not in his mind, quite certainly in hers.
Georgette Heyer quotes: O God, Mama, I've made such a mull of it! What am I to do? O God, Mama, I've made such a mull of it! What am I to do?
Georgette Heyer quotes: No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Really, I don't know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows! Really, I don't know what the world is coming to if I am to be suspected of staring in at windows!
Georgette Heyer quotes: May I have a workshop at Alver? For experiments? If I promise faithfully not to blow the house up? If you please, Cousin Alverstoke ... ? May I have a workshop at Alver? For experiments? If I promise faithfully not to blow the house up? If you please, Cousin Alverstoke ... ?
Georgette Heyer quotes: I could manage him,' she sighed. 'Oh, but I could! I could manage him,' she sighed. 'Oh, but I could!
Georgette Heyer quotes: My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that. My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Of course she is a fool, but so are all girls. Of course she is a fool, but so are all girls.
Georgette Heyer quotes: This is my cousin, by the way. I dare say you know of him. He is very wicked and kills people in duels. Vidal, this is Frederick.' His This is my cousin, by the way. I dare say you know of him. He is very wicked and kills people in duels. Vidal, this is Frederick.' His
Georgette Heyer quotes: He has probably gnawed his nails down to the quick, or murdered poor Mr. Orde. He has probably gnawed his nails down to the quick, or murdered poor Mr. Orde.
Georgette Heyer quotes: You can't go about smelling of April and May, the pair of you, and then expect to gull people into thinking you don't mean to get riveted! You can't go about smelling of April and May, the pair of you, and then expect to gull people into thinking you don't mean to get riveted!
Georgette Heyer quotes: She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains. She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.
Georgette Heyer quotes: This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister! This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!
Georgette Heyer quotes: Them Frenchies!' 'Unchristian, that's what I call 'em,' responded Mr. Stubbs severely. 'I fair compassionate that wench. Them Frenchies!'
'Unchristian, that's what I call 'em,' responded Mr. Stubbs severely. 'I fair compassionate that wench.
Georgette Heyer quotes: You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself
Georgette Heyer quotes: Gentlemen don't understand anything, however wise they may be. Gentlemen don't understand anything, however wise they may be.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Charles' driving, skilful though it might be, kept his passengers in a constant state of breathlessness. Charles' driving, skilful though it might be, kept his passengers in a constant state of breathlessness.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic? Does it ever occur to you, Mama, that my grandfather is a lunatic?
Georgette Heyer quotes: You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved. You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.
Georgette Heyer quotes: On the toodle last night, and not feeling quite the thing today? On the toodle last night, and not feeling quite the thing today?
Georgette Heyer quotes: Cheaper still, I might miss my tip. Cheaper still, I might miss my tip.
Georgette Heyer quotes: Besides, it was a well-known maxim that maniacs must be humoured. Besides, it was a well-known maxim that maniacs must be humoured.
Georgette Heyer quotes: [ ... ]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my - er - icy set-downs!(Alverstoke) [ ... ]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my - er - icy set-downs!(Alverstoke)

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