Oh, Major, you do so love to annoy, don't you?"" It is the stuff of living, my lady.

— Gail Carriger

One could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for everyone and impossible to improve upon with sauce.

— Gail Carriger

[She] lost her patience, a thing she was all too prone to misplacing.

— Gail Carriger

She took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.

— Gail Carriger

Sofia and Dimity took a vacant love seat at the front, Sofia dislodging a large, fluffy cat with a scrunched-up face. The cat gave her a disgusted look. Or seemed to; it was hard to tell with that face.

— Gail Carriger

Sofia felt bound to object. "I, for one, should prefer not to shoot at someone I like."" Admirable scruples, Miss Temminnick. Get over them. For you will do it anyway.

— Gail Carriger

That's a very murky position," objected Felix." So's the weather. But this is England, we must learn to live with uncertainty.

— Gail Carriger

The Earl of Wolsey was indeed completely nude. He did not seem particularly perturbed by this fact, but Miss Pavarotti felt the sudden need to close her eyes tight and think about asparagus or something equally mundane.

— Gail Carriger

The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine.

— Gail Carriger

The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.

— Gail Carriger