Georgette Heyer

(1902-1974) Novelist. Wit. Accept no imitations.

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“When I choose to be witty I like to receive just acknowledgement.”
— Bath Tangle

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“I shall have a run of luck soon—a man can’t always lose.”
— The Black Moth

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

"That’s right: you can’t learn too early how to pass the buck if you want to get on in life."
—Detection Unlimited

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see them must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking glass."
—The Unknown Ajax

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“He was clearly a person of affluence, if not of taste.”
― The Quiet Gentleman

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“My lord consigned the doctor and his words of wisdom to a place of great heat.”
―The Black Moth

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“She read a bit in some evening paper about proper dieting, and she's gone all lettucey. Nuts, too. That's why I'm here. There's a filthy beverage you drink for breakfast instead of coffee. I thought not, so I cleared out.”
―The Unfinished Clue

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

"She was an improbable blonde of uncertain years, with a very much painted face, a singularly penetrating voice, and a laugh which made Mablethorpe wince."
― Faro's Daughter

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.”
—Powder and Patch

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“Of all things in the world there is nothing—nothing—so abominable, and contemptible, and cowardly, and ungentlemanly as persons who walk out of the room when one is addressing them!”
—Bath Tangle

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

”If you ask me, there very likely wouldn’t have been a murder at all if it hadn’t been for him getting ideas about peace and goodwill, and assembling all these highly uncongenial people under the same roof at the same time.”
—Envious Casca, aka A Christmas Party

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

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

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“In my experience, the human mind, when under the influence of fear, rushes round in frantic circles.”
―A Blunt Instrument

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.”
―These Old Shades

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“Lord, if we were all to marry our first loves what a plague of ill-assorted marriages there would be!”
―A Civil Contract

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“The whole pack of them were lying, one way or another, some to shield others, some from fear.”
―Envious Casca

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

"I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it."

"What does come of it?" inquired Sir Gareth.

"Nothing!"
— Sprig Muslin

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.”
―Cotillion

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“You are an atrocious person! Since the day I met you I have become steadily more depraved.”
―The Nonesuch

[Georgette Heyer @MissGHeyer]

“And as for agreeing with him, gentlemen are so much wiser than we are, and so much better able to judge of—of worldly matters—don’t you think?”

“Emphatically, no!”
―Lady of Quality