Circumstances Quote by Gail Carriger

“Emma had always considered herself to be possessed of a few fortunate qualities, offset by the same number of drawbacks. She was brave, but…

— Anne Stuart

“Very likely Miss Binny was right to a great extent. It is the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Edith Wharton did have one potentially redeeming disadvantage: she wasn’t pretty.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Harriet dreamt of someone well dressed and flamboyant, who spoke like the lead in a black and white film, who drank champagne like other…

— Georgiana Derwent

Ella was vapid and worthless at least nine-tenths of the time, but when she got really mad, her face became sharp and purposeful. Almost…

— Francine Pascal

She had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.

— Charles Dickens

“She was endowed with great beauty for all those attributes that were outside her control, but it was said that in all characteristics for…

— Anonymous

“Ivy could have been a model. Hell, Ivy could be anything she wanted. Except happy. Ivy had issues.”

— Kim Harrison

“Frowning, Lillian stared at her sister's small ivory face, with its intelligent dark eyes and brows that were a shade too strongly marked. Not…

— Lisa Kleypas

When Ivy [Wilkes] begins her work in forgery, she doesn't yet know the toll that it will take on her own original work. She…

— Liza Campbell

She had been dragged in the most humiliating of all dusts, the dust reserved for older women who let themselves be approached, on amorous…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

Why Alexia that is quite beautiful. It does ot reflect your customary taste at all approved Miss Hisselpenny with glee. Trust Ivy to like…

— Gail Carriger