593 Quotes by Gail Carriger

Rain, in your glorious presence, Miss Temminnick? I hardly think it should dare.

Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. Our biggest concern is what you get up to when we are not watching. Because, if nothing else, this test has told us you are probably spying on us, as well as everyone around you.

¡Cielo santo!¿qué es eso que tiene en la cara? Parece la descendencia descarriada de unos prismáticos con unos gemelos. ¿Cuál es su nombre?¿Binópticos?¿Espectomáticos?.

Running away was hardly a romantic pursuit. Except when one was running to Gretna Green.

They poured out the lower doors and windows of the castle, howling to the skies. They evolved into a kind of cohesive moving liquid, flowing down the hillside as one silvered blob, like mercury on a scientist’s palm.

I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you!" To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. "No one tells me what I can and cannot wear!" He snapped up a lace fan from where it lay on a hall table and fanned himself vigorously with it for emphasis.

The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.

How exciting. I adore impertinent questions. Ask away!

Alexia se puso en pie y Lord Maccon descubrió entonces el cojín sobre el que la joven había estado descansando, después de desmayarse estratégicamente sobre él.