"Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances……" — Gail Carriger
"Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only-just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats."
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170 Quotes by Gail Carriger
Gail Carriger has 170 quotes on this site.
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A vampire, like a lady, never reveals his true age.
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Lord Maccon was built like a brick outhouse, with opinions twice as unmoving and often equally full of crap.
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How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!
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Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken?
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I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the…
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Lord Akeldama did so love to know all the gossip about the mundane world, but it was in the manner…
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The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the…
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I may be a werewolf and Scottish, but despite what you may have read about both, we are not cads!
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Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether.…
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The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine.
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Alexia suspected Lord Maccon's handling was a tad more than was strictly called for under the circumstances, but she secretly…
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He was so very large and so very gruff that he rather terrified her, but he always behaved correctly in…
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More Circumstances Quotes
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that…
— Neil Armstrong
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of…
— Saint Augustine
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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So…
— James A. Baldwin
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There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real…
— Christian Bale
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
— Dave Barry
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
— Joseph Addison
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other…
— Andrew Bernstein
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
— Tony Blair
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