Kalaitzi Alexia Quotes

#1. Just a short visit, enough for a mild dismemberment? #Quote by Gail Carriger

#2. Some things should never be said. Not out loud in clear, simple words. You talk around them. You leave gaps and blanks. You use other words and talk in curves and arcs for the worst things because you need to keep them like mist. Words are dangerous. Like a spell, if you name the mist, call out all of the words that describe it sharp and clear, you turn it solid, into something that no one should ever hold in their hands. Better that it stays like water, slipping between your fingers. #Quote by Alexia Casale

#3. Paradise Is The ABSOLUTE Self~Respect. #Quote by Alexia Penteleόn De ARcturi

#4. One scrawny straggler, inching its way toward me like a tiger focused on prey. I must have looked incredibly savory, for it ignored the beaming lights blinding its searing red eyes and headed right toward me. For a half-starved beast, it was incredibly fast, its body looking bony and malnourished. #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#5. I didn't know anybody and didn't know how to know anybody - the world closes up for a quiet man. #Quote by Alexia Arthurs

#6. Why risk himself for her? #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#7. We realy must work on our communitcation. Perhaps if you were not so constantly intrested in other forms of intimacy, I might actually have access to the information I need to survive with my temper intact!" Alexia poked at him with a sharp finger. "More talk, less bed sport. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#8. Let us be perfectly clear here," said Squire Loontwill. "You are willing to marry our Alexia, even though she is ... well ... ," he floundered. Felicity came to his rescue. "Old." Evylin added, "And plain." "And tan," said Felicity. The squire continued. "And so extraordinarily assertive. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#9. He'd said he couldn't let her go. She couldn't figure out how they could stay together. #Quote by Alexia Adams

#10. I need you, Alexia. I need you like flowers need water. Meeting you was the best thing that's ever happened in my life. #Quote by Sharlyn G. Branson

#11. Which was why, some six hours later, Alexia Maccon's daughter was born inside the head of an octomaton in the presence of her husband, a comatose werewolf dandy, and a French inventor. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#12. Pestom madam."
"Yes, Floote, that! Brilliant. Full of garlic." To illustrate her point, she took another mouthful before continuing. "Seems they put garlic in positively everything here. Absolutely fantastic. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#13. You're not listening. Like so many people, you think that the important moments in the story of a life are big and loud, where really they're small and quiet. Someone on the outside would think these moments unworthy of note, but you must recognise the important moments of your own life when they happen. It is very important. #Quote by Alexia Casale

#14. Which brings us back around to drinkies. Lord Akeldama suggests a Pink Slurp (champagne & blood), but he's a vampire and they have questionable palates. Alexia recommends substituting blackberry cordial for the blood, resulting in a truly excellent and festive drink. Alternatively, for those particularly cold nights, one might opt for mulled wine, which can be a most excellent way to disguise the quality of one's vino. Bottoms #Quote by Gail Carriger

#15. Maybe that's why I was so afraid of Sasha's love. With him comes the remembering part that I was so good at forgetting.
~Piper - 'Breathe Me #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#16. Young girls think they know what their hearts desire, what they want the most. When really, we know nothing of love, devotion and utter loyalty. Not until we break our own hearts when we learn that what we desire is nothing like what we thought it would be. ~Papercut Doll #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#17. Alexia was rather strapping. He preferred her that way. Undersized women reminded him of yippy dogs. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#18. He was as stubborn as I was. It was probably the main reason we never got along as well as we should have. It had only fueled our undoing. #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#19. Alexia gave in to his demanding touch, but only, of course, because he sounded so pathetic. It had nothing, whatsoever to do with her own quickening heartbeat. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#20. I wanted to feel his embrace once more, to breathe in the scent of his skin, to taste his kisses, to feel the touch of his warm hands, hear his soft voice, see his handsome face… I wanted him. #Quote by Sharlyn G. Branson

#21. Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#22. Well, if I must, fine. I'll guard the retreat," said Alexia. "Buy us some time." "What, in a clock shop? #Quote by Gail Carriger

#23. Piper, I want another chance. I'll make it right, I swear. You'll never be sorry if you give me another chance to love you the way you deserve. I won't be the fool this time. I'll be there, no matter what the cost. I swear it. #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#24. Alexia suspected Lord Maccon's handling was a tad more than was strictly called for under the circumstances, but she secretly enjoyed the sensation. After all, how often did a spinster of her shelf life get manhandled by an earl of Lord Maccon's peerage? She had better take advantage of the situation. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#25. The only battle that matters is the one within. #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#26. Hot waves started to wash all over my body. And I yielded to his sweet touch. #Quote by Sharlyn G. Branson

#27. Oh, Alexia. I do not mean to be forward, but I really must venture: I simply loathe Mr. Tunstell. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#28. Alexia figured, delightedly, that this meant he did, in fact, tend to traipse around his private apartments in the altogether. Marriage was becoming more and more of an attractive prospect. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#29. People get it wrong when they talk about innocence: they think it's something to do with ignorance about the facts of sex and all the nasty things that happen in the world. But facts don't change people: it's understanding how the facts feel that does. #Quote by Alexia Casale

#30. Madame Lefoux acted as midwife. In her scientific way, she was unexpectedly adept at the job. When the infant finally appeared, she held it up for Alexia to see, rather proudly, as though she'd done all the hard work herself. 'Goodness,' said an exhausted Lady Maccon, 'are babies customarily that repulsive looking? #Quote by Gail Carriger

#31. He was awfully good at being aristocratic. Alexia, on the other hand, was only good at being autocratic. Not quite the same thing. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#32. Candied Sin I can hold you in my arms Feeling your soul's embrace I can make it hard to breath Standing face to face Lips of sweetest candied sin Wisps of thoughts ignite within Makes the hours infinite Observations intricate Touch of skin, heat and lace Skimmed upon a jaded face Into your depths, here I go Swept into my very soul. #Quote by Alexia Purdy

#33. She boasted the general battle-ax demeanor of an especially strict governess. This was the kind of woman who took her tea black, smoked cigars after midnight, played a mean game of cribbage, and kept a bevy of repulsive little dogs.
Alexia liked her immediately. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#34. You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?"
"I was hungry, allowances should be made. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#35. She reached inside the wide ruffle and pulled out a little vial.
"Poison?" asked Lady Maccon, tilting her head to one side.
"Certainly not. Something far more important: perfume. We cannot very well have you fighting crime unscented, now, can we?"
"Oh." Alexia nodded gravely. After all, Madame Lefoux was French. "Certainly not. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#36. Ooo," said Alexia, fascinated, "it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence."
The earl laughed. "You must show me these books of yours. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#37. Ooh, ooh, ooh!" Ivy was practically bouncing in excitement over some kind of revelation. "I had a thought," she said, examining the edge of the wooden stake with interest. "Oh, yes?" encouraged Alexia loudly. Ivy stopped and frowned, her pert little face creased in worry. "I said I had one. It appears to have vanished. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#38. Behind this smile in my face
Lies the dark shadow of emptiness
Hiding from your eyes within my gaze
Concealed with sham happiness. #Quote by Alexia Chase

#39. Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters. #Quote by Alexia Fast

#40. Alexia wondered what it said about her character that Ivy had genuinely believed she would intentionally go climbing about the side of a floating dirigible. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#41. Lord Maccon asked meekly, shifting against her in a manner that ensured she realized the nibbling had affected his outsides just as much as her insides. Alexia was partly shocked, partly intrigued by the idea that as he was naked, she might actually get to see what he looked like. She had seen sketches of the nude male, of course, for purely technical purposes. She was given to wonder if werewolves were anatomically bigger in certain areas. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#42. I will not lie to my doctor to get sex pills for my grandfather. #Quote by Alexia Adams

#43. If only it felt like an academic exercise when she kissed him, instead of a soul-drowning tsunami of want and need. #Quote by Alexia Adams

#44. When I was in high school, I got bullied through social media - on the Internet, on my Facebook. That was hard for me, and I think social media has made it easy for people to bully other people on-line because they can just post anything they want anonymously. #Quote by Alexia Fast

#45. ...there was something in the texture of the weave that felt happy: the
echo of a memory so far down in his soul it was all emotion, a
burst of colour and warmth, adrift from time and place. #Quote by Alexia Casale

#46. I love him so very much. As Romeo did Jugurtha, as Pyramid did Thirsty, as-"
"Oh, please, no need to elaborate further," interjected Alexia, wincing.
"But what would my family SAY to such a union?"
"They would say that yours hats had leaked into your head," muttered Alexia, unheard under her breath. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#47. There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from some inner, tasty citrus quality. It made Alexia wonder fancifully if cities could have souls. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#48. Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. #Quote by Gail Carriger

#49. Goodness," said an exhausted Lady Maccon, "are babies customarily that repulsive looking?"
Madame Lefoux pursed her lips and turned the infant about, as though she hadn't quite looked closely before.
"I assure you, the appearance improves with time."
Alexia held out her arms - her dress was already ruined anyway - and received the pink wriggling thing into her embrace. She smiled up at her husband.
"I told you it would be a girl."
"Why isna she crying?" complained Lord Maccon. "Shouldna she be crying? Aren't all bairns supposed to cry?"
"Perhaps she's mute," suggested Alexia. "Be a sensible thing with parents like us."
Lord Maccon looked properly horrified at the idea. #Quote by Gail Carriger