Stellabella

“What I have is hardly a talent,” she replied. A curse, perhaps. More than likely a demon. What she needed was a good exorcism.”
― Kady Cross, The Girl in the Steel Corset

“Mark it, nuncle.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest,
Leave thy drink and thy whore
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.”
― William Shakespeare, King Lear

“Finley hesitated. Maybe he’d move out of her way and let her pass.
Or a voice in her head whispered—her voice—you could kick his teeth in.”
― Kady Cross, The Girl in the Steel Corset

“Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it.”
― Tessa Dare, Any Duchess Will Do