"Well, I would have struck him, but I……" — Naomi Novik
"Well, I would have struck him, but I would have had to get up. You have no notion how difficult it is to arrange skirts when sitting down; it took me five minutes together the first time."
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20 Quotes by Naomi Novik
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I will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful things. I will see…
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The gate is perfectly simple," Temeraire said. "There is only a bar across the fence, which one can lift very…
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I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.
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I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must…
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Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?
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