Gail Carriger

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How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all

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I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone

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My dearest girl,' said the vampire finally, examining Lord Maccon with an exhausted but appreciative eye, 'such a banquet. Never been one to favor werewolves myself, but he is very well equipped, now, is he not?'Miss Tarabotti gave him an arch look. 'My goodies,' she warned.Humans,' chuckled the vampire, 'so possessive

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Miss Tarabotti was not one of life's milk-water misses--in fact, quite the opposite. Many a gentleman had likened his first meeting with her to downing a very strong cognac when one was expecting to imbibe fruit juice--that is to say, startling and apt to leave one with a distinct burning sensation

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The ill-informed masses included her own family among their ranks, a family that specialized in being both inconvenient and asinine