"Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly……" — Georgette Heyer
"Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia's delicious folly?"
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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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But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled…
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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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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I…
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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