Defence Quote by Georgette Heyer

“The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken:…

— Georgette Heyer

“The marquis stared at Richard, openly amused. "What a refreshing mind you have, young man," he said. "There really is nothing quite like total…

— Neil Gaiman

“The marquis breathed heavily on his fingernails and polished them on the lapel of his coat. "I have always felt," he said, "that violence…

— Neil Gaiman

“The Marquis had known whom he had wanted not to be, when he was a boy. He had definitely not wanted to be like…

— Neil Gaiman

“He could be boastful in a way pleasantly at odds with his native fatalism, and his youthful stubbornness had a way of ameliorating into…

— Dan Lopez

“The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himself well enough to be perfectly certain that he was not a…

— Neil Gaiman

“His eyes were sharp but kind, and it seemed to amuse him to see children misbehave when he knew that deep down they didn't…

— Phyllis Theroux

“The King of Hell was everything they said he was, both less and more. He was reputed to have the ability to seduce an…

— Anne Stuart

“Feris was taller than the average man and his looks were sinister in the form of long dark hair and deep-set eyes. He had…

— Jettie Necole

“Having once thought that most of his parishioners shared the life-changing encounter with blazing beauty, it was all the harder for him to see…

— George M. Marsden

“He knew himself a villain—but he deem'd The rest no better than the thing he seem'd; And scorn'd the best as hypocrites who hid…

— George Gordon Byron

He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a…

— Mario Puzo