“If there's anything I hate, it's someone telling me "don't" without saying why.”
“Girls should certainly be heard. It is their voices the world is missing.”
“Honestly, dear heart, you've got to curb this unhealthy tendency to blow things up.”
“If one wanted models of good behaviour, one must be a model of good behaviour oneself.”
“Why should I? First she burns me, then she boils me eyes. If I take that knife to anything, it'll be 'er, and that's a fact.”
“A lady of resources makes her own luck.”
“We are to succeed through the exercise of intellect, not brute force.”
“Claire dropped Willie on the cobbles and caught the girl by the back of her combies as she spun to escape. It was the work of a moment to turn her over her knee and remind her of Newton’s law that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”
“There will be no more thieving and fisticuffs and pickpocketing. We will earn our bread through the force of intellect, as befits ladies and gentlemen of this modern age.”
“You make your way through the application of intelligence, grace, and consideration for others. You do the right thing, not the easy thing.”
“If there’s anything I hate, it’s someone telling me ‘don’t’ without saying why.”
“Girls should certainly be heard. It was their voices that the world was missing.”
“I used to work for this guy before I came here...He used to tell me that ‘never’ is the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.”
“If there's one thing that really annoys a god, it's not knowing something.”
“I won’t be that girl who lets the guy treat her like crap and still fawns all over him.”
“I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.”
“It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.”
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