“You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.”Georgette Heyer book Devil's CubSource: Devil's Cub
“Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!""No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?""Not such a waste of time as talking to you!”Georgette Heyer book Black SheepSource: Black Sheep
“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 Source: Behold, Here's Poison
“This, said Damerel wrathfully, is the second time you have walked in just as I am about to propose to your sister!”Georgette Heyer book VenetiaSource: Venetia