Kalliope Ormond

“Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye. ”
― Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl

“I looked up to see Milo watching me. I raised my brows and affected what I hoped was an innocent expression.

"You are brewing trouble in that brain of yours," he said. "I recognize that look on your face."

"No such thing," I protested. "You haven't the faintest idea what I was thinking. I might have been considering ordering a new gown from Paris."

He shook his head. "I am also familiar with your ordering gowns from Paris face, and that is most definitely not it.”
― Ashley Weaver, A Most Novel Revenge

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
― C.S. Lewis

“No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.”
― Georgette Heyer, Cotillion