Parasol Protectorate Quotes

“He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog.”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless

“The Earl of Woolsey was indeed completely nude. He did not seem particularly perturbed by this fact, but Miss Tarabotti felt the sudden need to close her eyes tight and think about asparagus or something equally mundane.”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless

“Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter.”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless

“Mortals trotted about in shoes and corsets made to limit movement, fashion for prey.”
― Gail Carriger, Heartless

“Werewolf change was never pleasant. That was one of the reasons pack members still referred to it as a curse, despite the fact that, in the modern age of enlightenment and free will, clavigers chose metamorphosis. The change comprised a good deal of biological rearranging. This, like rearranging one's parlor furniture for a party, involved a transition from tidy to very messy to tidy once more. And, as with any redecoration, there was a moment in the middle where it seemed impossible that everything could possibly go back together harmoniously.”
― Gail Carriger, Changeless

“There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from some inner, tasty citrus quality. It made Alexia wonder fancifully if cities could have souls.”
― gail carriger, Blameless