M'sieur, I am as a slave to my wife." He kissed the tips of his fingers. "I am as the dirt beneath her feet." He clasped his hands. "I must bestow on her all that she desires, or die! "" Pray make use of my sword, " invited his Grace. "It is in the corner behind you. Georgette Heyer
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
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Edwin Markham
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer
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Douglas Adams
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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G.k. Chesterton
Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.
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Dorothy Parker
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Ambrose Bierce
More Quotes By Georgette Heyer
You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
My house seems remarkably full of people, " he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.
You will like her, " he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm."" Voyons, do you think that is what I like?
I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire-- I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.
If it comes to that, " retorted Frederica, with spirit, " I am continually shocked by the things you don't scruple to say to me, cousin! You are quite abominable! " He sighed. "Alas, I know it! The reflection gives me sleepless nights.
