“What is your name?"
"Again sir, that is no concern of yours."
"A mystery," he said. "I shall have to call you Clorinda."
.....
"Judith! What the devil? exclaimed Peregrine. "Has there been an accident?"
"Judith," repeated the gentleman of the curricle pensively. "I prefer Clorinda.”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
“Lord Worth: 'I think you may be quite useful to me. The heiress has a brother.'
Captain Audley: 'I am not the least interested in her brother,' objected the Captain.”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
“If I were a man I would kill you!"
"If you were a man we wouldn't be having this conversation!”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
“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, quote from Regency Buck
“Miss Taverner took the whip and reins in her hands, and mounted into the driving-seat, scorning assistance.
"Take your orders from Miss Taverner, Henry," said the Earl, getting up beside his ward.
"Me Lord, you are never going to let a female drive us?" said Henry almost tearfully. "What about my pride?"
"Swallow it, Henry," replied the Earl amicably.”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
“Nothing is so destructive of female charms as contact with fresh air.”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
“You see, I am not pretty, not in the least, never was, and so I have to be odd. Nothing for it! It answers delightfully.”
― Georgette Heyer, quote from Regency Buck
Georgette Heyer
Born place: in The United Kingdom
Born date August 16, 1902
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“You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.”
― Dennis Lehane, quote from Gone, Baby, Gone
“I’m a lot of things, but rational where the people I love are concerned has never been one of them.”
― Seanan McGuire, quote from Ashes of Honor
“When you really want love you will
find it waiting for you.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from De Profundis
“I knew Chloe LOVED to read, but I was in the middle of a MAJOR life crisis! For once, couldn’t she just try focusing on ME instead of her stupid book characters?! Then”
― Rachel Renée Russell, quote from Dork Diaries Book 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
“Părinţii mei detestau aşa-zisa trândăvie,fiindcă nu-şi puteau închipui că un om de spirit nu cunoaşte deloc trândăvia,nu şi-o poate deloc permite,că un om de spirit trăieşte într-o tensiune extremă şi cu cel mai mare interes tocmai când se lasă în voia aşa-zisei trândăvii,pentru că ei nu ştiau deloc ce să facă efectiv cu trândăvia lor,pentru că,în trândăvia lor,nu se petrecea într-adevăr nimic,pentru că,întra-devăr şi în realitate,ei nu erau în stare să gândească,necum să ajungă la un proces spiritual.Pentru un om de spirit,aşa-zisa trândăvie nu-i deloc posibilă.La drept vorbind,trândăvia lor era o trândăvie reală,căci în ei nu se petrecea nimic când nu făceau nimic.Însă,dimpotrivă,omul de spirit este cel mai activ atunci când aparent nu face nimic.”
― Thomas Bernhard, quote from Extinction
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