These things, regrettably, are bound to occur when one is married and befriended.

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

I am rather fond of ladybugs. They are so delightfully hemispherical.

If there is gossip to be garnered, garner it. If there are new dress styles to be imitated, imitate them. If there are hearts to be broken, break them. That's my girls.

Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats.

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

It'll all end in tears and oil.