Quote by Salman Rushdie

“...which recall(s) a moment in time when raw excess made them a casual aristocracy, apart from the rest of the world.”

— Andrea Lee

“...as for unhappy families, star-crossed lovers, and exiled heroes, they are simply universal.”

— Elif Batuman

“And there you sit, gloating over what you have done, as if you were a martyr or a public benefactor -- as complacent and…

— Hope Mirrlees

“History was drenched in blood. But it also had cooperation and kindness, generosity, intermarriage.”

— James S.A. Corey

“Together, they at once dodged those parts of themselves and magnified them, making for enigmatic harmony and anarchy.”

— Deirdre Riordan Hall

“I have dealt with the poor, Bathsheba. They need a great deal, but I do not believe they feel any great want for aristocratic…

— Loretta Chase

“To their own demise, most attended the party and still remain. Time wasters and space takers.”

— T.F. Hodge

“Any kind of organized revolt against the party, which was bound to be a failure, struck her as stupid. The clever thing to do…

— George Orwell

“It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“They were bound together by the things they’d done. Things the nobility could never comprehend being desperate enough to do”

— Lorraine Heath

“...some heroes are born. Some are made. And some are bribed with promises of food and sex.”

— Nicole Peeler

“Mmm, being irresistibly likeable is such a trial,' she drawled in an impeccable aristocratic whine. 'One is constantly in demand, but one must do…

— Susan Napier