You are always looking at people like this.” And then she made a face, one he couldn’t possibly begin to describe.“ If I ever look like that, ” he said dryly, “precisely like that, to be more precise, I give you leave to shoot me.

Julia Quinn
About This Quote

In this quote, a man is telling a woman that she is very attractive. He assures her that if she ever looks like that, he can shoot her. This phrase of course is based on the idea of looking at someone with jealousy and wanting to kill them. The example used here is of course that of a jealous man who thinks he looks similar to the woman in the previous sentence.

When this man says that he gives her leave to shoot him if she looks like that, he tells her he would welcome death over the thought of her looking like that. This phrase is used by people who are obviously jealous of someone else or who wish they had an easy way out of something.

Source: Just Like Heaven

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