Humor Quote by Gail Carriger — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine.”

“How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.”

“Faith was enjoying her evening, the looming presence of Major Channing notwithstanding. He seemed to swoop in at odd times, presenting her with a glass of punch or distracting her from her conversation by glowering fiercely. She noticed that if she paid any one gentleman too much attention for too long a time, the major would make himself known. Then he would disappear and ignore her once more.”

“My”

“I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.”

“You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?”

“You're a monster.”

“What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes of silence have passed.”

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”

“In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you're really just fine. She asks if you're”

“You know what I can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, I mean endlessly, I've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you?”

“Drunken men give some of the best pep talks.”