How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!
Gail CarrigerLyall understood a broken heart, but it could not be allowed to rumple perfectly good shirtwaists.
Gail CarrigerI am entirely capable." "Of what, waddling up to someone and ruthlessly bumping into them?
Gail CarrigerThese feelings you engender in me, my lord, are most indelicate. You should stop causing them immediately.
Gail CarrigerLord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.
Gail Carriger