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Professor Braithwope was undergoing a very dangerous test indeed. For queen and country, the potentate had said. For science, Sophronia thought. — Gail Carriger

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

The redhead looked back and forth between them with dread in her eyes. Oh, dear, scheming. I was afraid this would happen if we got chummy again. — Gail Carriger

If left together for too long, the two of them might actually take over the civilized world, through sheer application of snide remarks. — Gail Carriger

That woman," Lord Maccon spat,"is is definitely alpha and most certainly female. — Gail Carriger

I am entirely capable."
"Of what, waddling up to someone and ruthlessly bumping into them? — Gail Carriger

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

How often have I warned you against fraternizing with technology? — Gail Carriger

Could that technique, she wondered, be legitimately referred to as a "parassault"? — Gail Carriger

You are about as covert as a sledgehammer. — Gail Carriger

Really, Channing," remonstrated Alexia, "did you have to eat the man's dog? I am convinced you will experience terrible indigestion. — Gail Carriger

Where does one purchase a mustache in London? Fleet Street? — Gail Carriger

A lady must always be prepared. Snacks are an essential part of espionage. Sophronia — Gail Carriger

Evil genius-ness was like that--showy. — Gail Carriger

I have died and gone to the land of bad novels. — Gail Carriger

Bland, good as a side dish, but really only palatable when there is nothing better available. — Gail Carriger

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. — Gail Carriger

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

The burden of a spy, Lord Akeldama always said, was not in the knowing of things but in knowing when to tell such things to others. — Gail Carriger

Sheep?"
"Sheep."
"Sheep!"
...
"Yes, as in baaaa. — Gail Carriger

Soap understood her. Soap would always understand. — Gail Carriger

Lord Maccon looked up. "Grovel, you say?"
Lyall did not glance away from the latest vampire report he was perusing. "Grovel, my lord. — Gail Carriger

History wasn't precisely revered for its accuracy at the best of times. — Gail Carriger

Vampires hated to lose blood - it was troublesome to replace and always left a stain. — Gail Carriger

But there is a sign!" objected Primrose in semi-shock. "A sign indicating pets aren't permitted. Really, some people. — Gail Carriger

They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner. — Gail Carriger

Lyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists. — Gail Carriger

She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities. — Gail Carriger

Stop playing verbal games with me, madam, or I shall go out into that ballroom, find your mother, and bring her here — Gail Carriger

I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk. — Gail Carriger

I was rather hoping we could live happily in sin for a very long time. — Gail Carriger

Alexia, did you know there is an entire regiment decamping on your front lawn?
Laddy Maccon sighed. Really, Ivy, I would never have noticed. — Gail Carriger

Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved. — Gail Carriger

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

And atop the wolf, looking as dignified and butlerlike as might be possible for a man riding a werewolf, was Floote. Alexia — Gail Carriger

Well, you are a werewolf, Scottish, naked, and covered in blood, and I am still holding your hand." He — Gail Carriger

Trust is a lot to ask of someone. — Gail Carriger

One should do what one is best at on as large a scale as possible. — Gail Carriger

As much as she was enjoying it, Dimity would always rather talk about reading than actually read. — Gail Carriger

Dewan ex machina — Gail Carriger

Death can be jolly well inconvenient, if you ask me. — Gail Carriger

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

He wore a tweed suit, of all horrible things, and a cravat tied with such carelessness it was almost as much a sin as his actions. — Gail Carriger

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

Highland werewolves had a reputation for doing atrocious and highly unwarranted *things*, like wearing smoking jackets to the dinner table. — Gail Carriger

Can't you tell from the hair and the cheekbones? Humans don't grow that beautiful. Not outside of Denmark, anyway. — Gail Carriger

Shame on you! Bad vampire. — Gail Carriger

A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age. — Gail Carriger

As Dimity said, Sidheag surely does grumpy old man very well for a sixteen-year-old girl. — Gail Carriger

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. — Gail Carriger

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

It was a constant source of amazement to Alexia that the only thing she had ever done in her entire life that pleased her mama was marry a werewolf. — Gail Carriger

Madame Lefoux shrugged. I do not know about that, my lady. I mean to say, one's life is one thing; one's technology is an entirely different matter. — Gail Carriger

Shut your cake hole, you revolting young blot. — Gail Carriger

I believe I liked it better when she was yelling at me. — Gail Carriger

No one ever explained the octopuses. — Gail Carriger

Rue gave a little mental sigh. No one would ever describe her as deadly attractive. She brightened a bit. Perhaps she could aspire to just deadly? — Gail Carriger

Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description. — Gail Carriger

Sidheag could be quite crass, the result of having been raised by men, or Scots, or soldiers, or werewolves, or all four. — Gail Carriger

The Gamma paused. "You have a crazed werewolf in your wine cellar?"
"You can think of a better place to stash him?"
"What about the wine? — Gail Carriger

My petal.
Westminster's toy had tea issues. Thank Biffy and Lyall. Toodle pip.
A. — Gail Carriger

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

Floote, what is going on? Do they think I
am contagious? Should I assure them I was
born with a nose this size? — Gail Carriger

Lady Maccon declined in horror. She enjoyed most foods, but brussels sprouts were nothing more than underdeveloped cabbages. — Gail Carriger

His eyes are peculiar. There is nothing in them, like an eclair without the cream filling. It's wrong, lack of cream. — Gail Carriger

She hasn't caught a slight fatality, has she? — Gail Carriger

Oh, do shove off, Lady Bling. I was thinking some rather important thoughts before you interrupted me. — Gail Carriger

It takes a great deal of money to acquire a look of not having spent any at all. — Gail Carriger

Felix ran his hands through his dark hair, sounding like a resigned maiden aunt. 'It'll all end in tears and coal dust, you see if it doesn't. — Gail Carriger

I must send a beard to rescue a mustache! — Gail Carriger

So this pesto I enjoy so much is really an infamous Italian antisupernatural weapon? — Gail Carriger

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! — Gail Carriger

Oh, Lady Maccon, I am unreservedly in love with her. That black hair, that sweet disposition, those capital hats. — Gail Carriger

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

It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk. — Gail Carriger

He dinna act like an Alpha."
"He does in some areas. — Gail Carriger

A man was attacking me with a wet handkerchief. — Gail Carriger

Oh, dear me, no. Then I should be known as that vampire with all the cats. — Gail Carriger

Scotsmen, she had occasion to observe, often did have nice knees. Perhaps that was why they insisted upon kilts. — Gail Carriger

You have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation! — Gail Carriger

I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff. — Gail Carriger

Knowing Miss Hisselpenny's constitution, if the mummy were gruesome enough, dinner might just be revisited. — Gail Carriger

I pretty much will do anything for a laugh. — Gail Carriger

Follow that porcupine! — Gail Carriger

I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good. — Gail Carriger

I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone. — Gail Carriger

Not Alec Weebs? Never! Biffy was appreciatively shocked. — Gail Carriger

To the best of my knowledge, my youngest reader is 10 and the oldest is 95. — Gail Carriger

They never could entirely control preternaturals. It's your pragmatism. Your kind cannot be persuaded by faith; pure logic must be applied. — Gail Carriger

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

Stupid little boys should learn to use guns and not wave them around. — Gail Carriger

He was awfully good at being aristocratic. Alexia, on the other hand, was only good at being autocratic. Not quite the same thing. — Gail Carriger

To be stupid was one thing; to be stupid and evil yielded up untidy consequences. — Gail Carriger

Even children, Lady Linette said, must be allowed some time to conspire together. — Gail Carriger

It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill. — Gail Carriger

The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white. — Gail Carriger

She was not undead, mind you; she was a living, breathing human but was simply ... lacking. — Gail Carriger

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

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

away from the ocean, heading toward the — Gail Carriger