Hannah

“I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Masqueraders

“You know what I think? Fate! That's what it is fate! There's a thing that comes after a fellow:got a name,but I forgot what it is. Creeps up behind him, and puts him in the basket when he ain't expecting it.”
― Georgette Heyer, Friday's Child

“I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me."
"Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.”
― Georgette Heyer, Behold, Here's Poison

“Oh, yes, she's unusual!" he said bitterly. "She blurts out whatever may come into her head; she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another; she's happier grooming horses and hobnobbing with stable-hands than going to parties; she's impertinent; you daren't catch her eye for fear she should start to giggle; she hasn't any accomplishments; I never saw anyone with less dignity; she's abominable, and damnably hot at hand, frank to a fault, and – a darling!”
― Georgette Heyer, Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle