Georgette Heyer Quotes

“You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself”

“Those fine eyes of hers had a disconcertingly direct gaze, and very often twinkled in a manner disturbing to male egotism. She had common-sense too, and what man wanted the plainly matter-of-fact, when he could enjoy instead Sophia's delicious folly?”

“History was my favourite subject at school and in my spare time I read historical novels voraciously from Heidi to the Scarlet Pimpernel and from Georgette Heyer to Agatha Christie.”

“Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.”

“Feminine force is that inner strength, that power, that will to face down any negative circumstances in life and defeat them.”

“When fate's got it in for you there's no limit to what you may have to put up with.”

“All the goodness beauty and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.”

“Without imagination nothing is dangerous.”

“Don't judge someone for how they look or where they stand in society. That is like judging a book for its cover or where it sits on a shelf. You'll never find out whats inside unless you give a moment of your time to stop and take a look.”

“Frederica tells the park-keepers that Lufra is a purebred "Barcelona collie". Alverstoke catches on and says "No, Frederica! I TOLD you--it is a HOUND, from Baluchistan!" She: "Oh, you might have mentioned it was from ASIA! Very remote; the dog had to be smuggled out because the natives were hostile.”