Lauren Willig Quote

Of course, they don't like him! Liking is for ninny-hammers. Real men elicit rancor. Pausing for a moment of deep consideration, she added, Loathing, even. But never liking. Hatred, perhaps? suggested Mary's brother-in-law, hiding his amused smile behind a tone of excessive gravity.Mrs. Fustian was not impressed. Certainly not. Any common laborer can hate. True connoisseurs prefer more subtle shades of aversion.

Lauren Willig

Of course, they don't like him! Liking is for ninny-hammers. Real men elicit rancor. Pausing for a moment of deep consideration, she added, Loathing, even. But never liking. Hatred, perhaps? suggested Mary's brother-in-law, hiding his amused smile behind a tone of excessive gravity.Mrs. Fustian was not impressed. Certainly not. Any common laborer can hate. True connoisseurs prefer more subtle shades of aversion.

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Lauren Willig is a New York Times bestselling author of historical novels. She is best known for her "Pink Carnation" series, which follows a collection of Napoleonic-Era British spies, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel, as they fight for Britain and fall in love.