“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 Sheep

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British historical romance and detective fiction novelist 1902–1974

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