“ There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.And you… Jane Austen
“ I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.''Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired the night your father proposed. William Goldman
“ He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. You want to go on a date?Caught off guard, she stammered. A wh-what?A date, Jace repeated. Often 'a… Cassandra Clare
“ I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire.His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples. Cassandra Clare
“ She was up again at that.In love? You? Nonsense! Nonsense! Nonsense! You do not know what the word means. You are like a--like a fish, with no more love in you than a fish, and no more heart than a fi… Georgette Heyer
“ Tell me, now, fairy as you are, - can't you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort, to make me a handsome man?It would be past the power of magic, sir; and, in thought, I added,a lov… Charlotte Bronte
“ Watching him, his hands buried in his pockets—to keep from circling her neck she supposed—she couldn't help but marvel at the curious mix of Southern courtesy and male arrogance, the natural assumptio… Tracy Sumner
“ Paparazzi arrived for Hugh [Grant]. We had to stand under a tree and smile for them.Photographer: 'Hugh, could you look less -- um --'Hugh: 'Pained? Emma Thompson
“ Want to play hangman? asks Theophile, and I ache to tell him that I have enough on my plate playing quadriplegic. But my communication system disqualifies repartee: the keenest rapier grows dull and f… Jean-Dominique Bauby
“ [I]f you seek in every way to minimise my firm beliefs by your anti-feminist attacks, please recall that a small dagger or knife point can pierce a great, bulging sack and that a small fly can attack… Christine de Pizan
