Kate

“What a nonsensical thing it would be in me to allow myself to become alarmed by a trifle such as murder!”
― Georgette Heyer, The Reluctant Widow

“Unfortunately, you, Sir Tristram, knowing nothing of me, and being possessed of a tyrannical disposition – I beg your pardon?’
‘I did not speak,’ replied Sir Tristram, eyeing her frostily.
Miss Thane met his look with one of limpid innocence. ‘Oh, I quite thought you did!’
‘I choked,’ explained Sir Tristram. ‘Pray continue! You had reached my tyrannical disposition.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

“To tell you the truth,’ repeated Sarah coldly, ‘she had a fright, and the bandboxes broke loose.’
‘What frightened her?’
‘A Headless Horseman,’ said Sarah. He was frowning again.
‘Headless Horseman? Fiddlesticks!’
‘Very well,’ said Sarah, as one making a concession, ‘then it was a dragon.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Talisman Ring

“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect