Sarah

“But I do not want to be a widow!" declared Elinor.
"I am afraid it is too late in the day to alter that." said Carlyon.
"Besides, if you had known my cousin better you would have wanted to be a widow," Nicky assured her.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Reluctant Widow

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

“After all, life was not made up of moments of exaltation, but of quite ordinary, everyday things”
― Georgette Heyer, A Civil Contract

“Wonderful!" said the Duke. "We progress!"
"We...? Progress? You said we? Progress?"
"It seems I erred," Avon sighed. "We remain at the same place.”
― Georgette Heyer, These Old Shades