Sarah

“Besides, it was a well-known maxim that maniacs must be humoured.”
― Georgette Heyer, Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle

“There is a corpse somewhere on the road to town. Mr Fox does not wish it there. Remove it!”
― Georgette Heyer, Devil's Cub

“may I have a workshop at Alver? For experiments? If I promise faithfully not to blow the house up? If you please, Cousin Alverstoke … ?”
― Georgette Heyer, Frederica

“You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.” “Frequently.” “How often?” “Well, some hundreds of times.” “Then how many are there?” “How many? I don’t know.” “Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes ebook: All 56 Stories and 4 Novels