Sophronia Quotes

“Really, Sophronia, it makes me most uncomfortable how you manage to sort everything out every time I faint.”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage

“Quietly Sophronia added, "And the soot on my dress, sir?"
"I didn't see anything." Professor Braithwope smiled down at her, showing a small hint of fang.
Sophronia grinned back. "I'm glad we understand each other, sir."
The vampire looked out into the night. "This is the right finishing school for you, isn't it, whot?"
"Yes sir, I think it might very well be."
"A piece of advice, Miss Temminnick?"
"Sir?"
"It is a great skill to have friends in low places. They, too, have things to teach you."
"Now, sir, I thought you didn't see any soot.”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage

“What on earth could we girls possibly learn from a werewolf?" Sophronia wondered.
"How to keep a hat on no matter what the circumstances?" hazarded Dimity.”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage

“What Sophronia did not know, and had yet to learn to control, was that her smile was rather more powerful than most. The face she saw in the mirror each morning was passingly pretty, if not terribly thrilling, but when she smiled with the full force of her personality behind it, she came over vibrant and striking. It was one of the reasons Monique disliked her so.”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage

“He might have lost his mind, but never his fashion sense.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“Very good, Monique. Perfect as always. Next time, Sidheag, smaller handkerchief. A lady carries embroidered muslin, not-what on earth is that? A square of tweed? Really, girl! Dimity, watch your balance, and red? Dear, not read. You're not ready for red. Red is only for the advanced deployment of handkerchiefs.”
― Gail Carriger, Etiquette & Espionage

“Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“It is a valuable thing for an intelligencer to be forgotten.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“We like the shadows. That's where all the power is.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“Trust is a lot to ask of someone.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“There was no way she was staying trapped with tea at a time like this.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“It didn't feel sporting to shoot at a crazy person, even if that person was a vampire who'd agreed to the job.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“Evil genius-ness was like that--showy.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny

“For you, it's gossip. For me, it's action.”
― Gail Carriger, Manners & Mutiny