"But it is only in epic tragedies that……" — Georgette Heyer
"But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled that when one is most wretched ridiculous things happen to make one laugh in spite of oneself."
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95 Quotes by Georgette Heyer
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When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up…
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Judging from the letters I've received from obviously feeble-minded persons who wish I would write another These Old Shades, it…
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There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.
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I remember only what interests me.
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Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from…
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She bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned…
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Randall laid his hand on Stella's, but only to remove it from his sleeve. "My precious, you really must have…
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You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred…
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I feel an almost overwhelming interest in the methods of daylight abduction employed by the modern youth.
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It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was…
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I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural…
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No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of…
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