Quote by Maya Rodale Download Open image ““Wealthy old woman + devious imagination - restraint = Aunt Agatha”” — Maya Rodale ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Victorian and touchingly respectable. “I have been crying,” confessed Lady Agatha. “I was afraid so, Lady Agatha,” said Emily.” — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
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“Come to rob my sister then,have you?" "Certainly not," Mother replied, her smile brittle. "This fashion for talking to the dead is pure poppycock,if… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“England is a jolly sight too small for anyone to live in with Aunt Agatha, if she's really on the warpath.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Bertie, it is imperative that you marry." "But, dash it all..." "Yes! You should be breeding children to..." "No, really, I say, please!" I… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“Always wise aunts come in many guises. There are maiden aunts, dowager aunts, and that delightful creature, the eccentric aunt. I fear I fall… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train accidents, cancerous growths—until the… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“We run to height a bit in our family, and there's about five-foot-nine of Aunt Agatha, topped off with a beaky nose, an eagle… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Yes, by damn! It's too bad!" cried the whiskered marvel. "You careless old woman! You give my hotel bad names, would you or wasn't… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“It appears that time has turned that young woman, who imagined herself a romantic heroine, into something of a comic character, but I remain… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to changing the… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“I cannot believe we had to read it in the paper - when we are your dearest school friends!" Lady Abernathy said sweetly. "Yes,… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“An English gentleman is someone who knows exactly when to stop being one.” — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“I hardly have any names on my dance card," Emma said, slightly despairing. This was not how she imagined her debut. "There are just… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively.” — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“Romance novels feature nuanced portrayals of female characters having adventures, making choices, and accepting themselves just as they are. When we say these stories… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“English women made it harder to get them naked than Tahitian women, but he was a practiced bloke at such important life skills.” — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I shall take my fortune and retire to the country and read novels where other characters must bother with these sorts of troubles.” — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“He wanted to bend her over the dining table and ravish her. Or the desk, or one of the twenty beds, or any piece… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“You must be the only woman in the whole entire world who is immune to the Ashbrooke Effect," Olivia said. "Amazing. You are a… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“For you, Lady Copley, Lady Agatha wishes you to have her china set, since you complimented it." Blake bit back laughter at Lady Copley's… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
“Her curiosity would be the end of them both. “Chess. They are playing chess,” he said, his voice oddly husky. “Chess? I think you… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
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