Georgette Heyer quotes

I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense.... But it's unquestionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter or recovering from flu. (Georgette Heyer)
How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris. View quote
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I don't know how it is... but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not. View quote
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People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit. View quote
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I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep. View quote
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My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that. View quote
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There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments. View quote
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What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all. View quote
Georgette Heyer
Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have some regard for my clothes," he said with gentle reproach. "Much as I love you, I cannot permit you to maul this particular coat. View quote
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As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do. View quote
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It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner. (Georgette Heyer)
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. View quote
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You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her. View quote
Georgette Heyer
She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep. View quote
Georgette Heyer
Do you forget that I am your sister?” "No; I've never been granted the opportunity to forget it. View quote
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She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains. View quote
Georgette Heyer
And now I wish I hadn't been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!” "No, no!” said Alverstoke soothingly. "Nobody could be as stupid as Endymion! View quote
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My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected. View quote
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I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows. View quote
Georgette Heyer
Remind me one day to teach you how to achieve a sneer, Hugh. Yours is too pronounced, and thus but a grimace. It should be but a faint curl of the lips. View quote
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[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my-er-icy set-downs!”(Alverstoke) (Georgette Heyer)
I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons! View quote
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Well, you have the right to make a sacrifice of yourself, but I'll be damned if I'll let you sacrifice me! View quote
Georgette Heyer
You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory! View quote
Georgette Heyer
O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it might be to you--to us both! You don't realize what an advantage I should be taking of your innocence! View quote
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