Gail Carriger Quotes - Page 6

• Lady Maccon.” “By George, Boots! How the deuce can you possibly tell that there is Lady Maccon?” queried the other top-hated gentleman. “Who else would be standing in the middle of a street on full-moon night with a raging ruddy fire behind her, waving a parasol about?” “Good point, good point.

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  Moon, Night, Fire

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• Alexia aborrecía la hipocresía, especialmente cuando había municiones de por medio.

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  Hypocrisy, Involved

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• Supongo que eso nos ahorra tener que determinar qué hacer con un mayordomo que va por ahí matando gente. Ciertamente refleja mal a nuestro personal doméstico. Aún así, le echaré de menos. Era un hombre que sabía cómo preparar una buena taza de té.

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  Men, People, Missing

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.233, Hachette UK

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• My Hallway" remarked Lord Akeldama,"Has never seen such lively action. And That, my sugarplums, is saying something!

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  Action, Lord, Hallways

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• These feelings you engender in me, my lord, are most indelicate. You should stop causing them immediately.

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  Feelings, Lord, Should

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• Lord Macon deposited his wife into a chair and then knelt next to her, clutching one of her hands. "Tell me truthfully - how are you feeling?" Alexia took a breath. "Truthfully? I sometimes wonder if I, like Madame Lefoux, should affect masculine dress." "Gracious me, why?" "You mean aside from the issue of greater mobility?" "My love, I don't think that's currently the result of your clothing." "Indeed, I mean after the baby." "I still don't see why should want to." "Oh no? I dare you to spend a week in a corset, long skirts and a bustle." "How do you know I haven't?

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  Baby, Mean, Thinking

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• Biffy didn't like enigmas - they were out of fashion.

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  Fashion, Enigma

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.15, Hachette UK

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• Ever since her trip with Alexia to Scotland, Mrs. Tunstell had rather a taste for foreign travel. Alexia blamed it on the kilts.

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  Scotland, Kilts, Taste

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• Follow that porcupine!

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  Puercoespines

  Gail Carriger (2011). “Heartless: Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.150, Hachette UK

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• Lady Maccon stopped suddenly. Her husband got four long strides ahead before he realized she had paused. She was starring thoughtfully up into the aether, twirling the deadly parasol about her head. "I have just remembered something," Alexia said when he returned to her side. "Oh, that explains everything. How foolish of me to think you could walk and remember at the same time.

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  Marido, Pensar, Largo

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• Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its top.

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  Cake, Nibbling, Lord

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.166, Hachette UK

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• Alphas simply did not grovel; arrogance was part of the job description.

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  Jobs, Arrogance, Description

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• Lord Akeldama sighed. 'You lovebirds, how will I endure such flirtations constantly in my company? How déclassé, Lord Maccon, to love your own wife.

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  Class, Wife, Lord

  Gail Carriger (2011). “Heartless: Book 4 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy pickled snack' as well. I was not pleased" (Professor Lyall to Madame Lefoux)

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  Drinking, Snacks, Beverages

  Gail Carriger (2010). “Blameless: Book 3 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.1, Hachette UK

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• He dinna act like an Alpha." "He does in some areas.

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  Doe, Alphas, Areas

  Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.190, Hachette UK

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• La puerta estaba cerrada y Alexia, ingeniosa como era, aún no había aprendido a forzar cerraduras. Aunque lo añadió mentalmente a su lista de habilidades útiles que necesitaba adquirir, junto con el combate cuerpo a cuerpo y la receta del pesto. Si su vida seguía su curso actual, en el que, tras 26 años de oscuridad, parecía que la gente intentaba matarla, sería necesario adquirir un conjunto de habilidades menos sabrosas. Aunque suponía que la elaboración del pesto debería calificarse de "más sabrosa".

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  Doors, Hands, Years

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• I love him so very much. As Romeo did Jugurtha, as Pyramid did Thirsty, as-" "Oh, please, no need to elaborate further," interjected Alexia, wincing. "But what would my family SAY to such a union?" "They would say that yours hats had leaked into your head," muttered Alexia, unheard under her breath.

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  I Love Him, Pyramids, Needs

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• Biffy said, off the cuff, "Or we could find a replacement queen." "Volunteering for the position?" "Why, Professor, is that wittiness I detect?" "Only for you." "Charmer." Biffy tapped him on the arm playfully.

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  Queens, Volunteer, Cuffs

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• Creo que hay una gama considerable en la explosión de la mayoría de las armas.

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  Believe, Gun, Bangs

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• He...boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to slide away and become a sideburn or something more fashionable.

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  Mustache, Slides, Lips

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• It'll all end in tears and oil.

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  Oil, Tears, Ends

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.93, Hachette UK

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• What’s that?” she asked the girl, wrinkling her nose. “Oh, that? That’s just Pillover.” “And what’s a pillover, when it’s at home?” “My little brother.” “Ah, I commiserate. I have several of my own. Dashed inconvenient, brothers.

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  Girl, Brother, Home

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Etiquette and Espionage: Number 1 in series”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• ¿Bunson no entrena genios malvados?" "Sí, sobre todo". "Bueno, ¿es eso inteligente? ¿Tener a un montón de genios malvados enamorándose de ti a su antojo? ¿Y si se sienten rechazados?" "Ah, pero mientras tanto, piensa en los hermosos regalos que pueden hacerte. Monique presumía de que uno de sus chicos le hacía varitas para el pelo de plata y madera como armas antisupernaturales. Con incrustaciones de amatista. Y otro le hizo un pollo de mimbre explosivo". "Dios mío, ¿para qué es eso?". Dimity frunció los labios. "¿Quién no quiere un pollo de mimbre explosivo?

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  Wise, Falling In Love, Love You

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• His eyes were jet-colored circles of perpetual disapproval.

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  Eye, Circles, Disapproval

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• Captain Niall, having apparently resigned himself to losing his quarry, was savaging her horsehair petticoat into teeny, tiny shreds. "Really, what did my poor petticoat do to offend?

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  Captains, Tiny, Losing

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