Kate Ross quotes:

Do you deny it?" Grimani persisted. Deny it? Only the greatest self-restraint prevents me from laughing it out of countenance.

You're much better than fireworks. They're all over in a moment, and you're going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they make too much smoke.

He was not going to be dragged into other people´s business. He was going to plunge in headfirst.

I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.