Georgette Heyer

“You will be a widow before the morning.”

— Georgette Heyer

I am relieved. May I now have the truth?

— Georgette Heyer

“Friday. Proposed to Cicely. Refused.”

— Georgette Heyer

I do not want a boy. I only want Monseigneur!

— Georgette Heyer

speed is the curse of the age.

— Georgette Heyer

You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself

— Georgette Heyer

I remember only what interests me.

— Georgette Heyer

“What a leg. What an air. A most engaging smile.”

— Georgette Heyer

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to…

— Georgette Heyer

Do you forget that I am your sister?” “No; I’ve never been granted the opportunity to forget it.

— Georgette Heyer

This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!

— Georgette Heyer

The society of my relatives can only be enjoyed with frequent intervals.

— Georgette Heyer

My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.

— Georgette Heyer

You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.

— Georgette Heyer

“O God, Mama, I’ve made such a mull of it! What am I to do?”

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God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.

— Georgette Heyer

There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and…

— Georgette Heyer

“that if you were offered the choice between a splendid body or a splendid mind you would choose the mind, because it…

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“Have you any brothers?" demanded Mr. Beaumaris. "No," said Mr. Scunthorpe, blinking at him. "Only child." "You relieve my mind. Offer my…

— 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.

— Georgette Heyer

“You know how comfortably you go on as a bachelor, and how very much you would dislike to be tied to a…

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Do you recall Fred Merriville?” She stared at him. “Fred Merriville? Pray, what has he to say to anything?” “The poor fellow…

— Georgette Heyer

I wish you did return my regard," he said. "More than I have ever wished anything in my life! Perhaps you may…

— Georgette Heyer

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel.…

— Georgette Heyer

“I believe I have several times requested you not to call Rupert 'imbecile', infant." "But Monseigheur, he is an imbecile!" she protested.…

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“To start with, I know that the General didn't get on with his son, but seemed to prefer his nephew; I know…

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“When I think of all the pretty and lovely girls who have done their best to attach him, and he tells me…

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“He would not object, he said, to accepting a post as a librarian. But as Cecilia was unable to imagine that her…

— Georgette Heyer

“I just told them that dear Uncle Silas has gone away on a long journey," she said. "They're such mites, you know,…

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Did you imagine that you would make me believe ill of Sophy with your foolish and spiteful letter!' he demanded. 'You have…

— Georgette Heyer

“He did not defy convention: when it did not interfere with whatever line of conduct he meant to pursue he conformed to…

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“Who is he, the ill-disposed gentleman in pink?" inquire the Comte, when they were out of earshot. "A creature of no importance,"…

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“Child, you do not know me. You have created a mythical being in my likeness whom you have set up as a…

— Georgette Heyer

“Mrs Grayshott was no tattle-monger; and since she had a great deal of reserve Abby knew that only a stringent sense of…

— Georgette Heyer

“Get up, brat, and for the lord's sake, smooth your hair! You look the most complete romp!' Miss Wantage did her best…

— Georgette Heyer

“Mr. Rivenhall said to Sophy, “If this is your doing—!” “I promise you it is not. If I thought that he had…

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“This embittered thought brought to her mind the several occasions upon which she might, had she been the kind of female his…

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“Mr Merriot cocked an eyebrow at Kate, and said: - "Well, my dear, and did you kiss her good-night?" Miss Merriot kicked…

— Georgette Heyer

“Well, if you sat eating as though nothing mattered save your dinner I’m not surprised,” said Juliana viciously. “If I were not…

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It has always seemed to me that if one falls in love with any gentleman one becomes instantly blind to his faults.But…

— Georgette Heyer