Alexia Tarabotti Quotes

#1. PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.

Ambrose Bierce

#2. Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting us into a negative state of existence.

Dalai Lama

#3. He could not stand Alexia Tarabotti, even if her lovely brown eyes twinkled when she laughed, and she smelled good, and she had a particularly splendid figure.

Gail Carriger

#4. How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all.

Gail Carriger

#5. That woman," Lord Maccon spat,"is is definitely alpha and most certainly female.

Gail Carriger

#6. Oh, come on! Nobody's favorite color is BROWN!

Lee Blessing

#7. Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory.

K. Pattabhi Jois

#8. I saw a dog wearing a sweater and I thought that looked ridiculous 'cause dogs don't have arms. If you're going to put clothes on the dog, you should put two pairs of pants on it.

Demetri Martin

#9. Alexia blinked stupidly at the Beta from around the earl's upper arm. Her heart was doing crazy things, and she still could not locate her kneecaps. She took a deep breath and put some serious attention into tracking them down.

Gail Carriger

#10. An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

Peter Utley

#11. Great, Alexia thought, I have gone from soul sucker to electrical ground. The epithets just get sweeter and sweeter.

Gail Carriger

#12. What you see and feel depends on what you know and what you are looking for.

Debasish Mridha

#13. There is no good war or bad peace

Benjamin Franklin

#14. You do realise modern social mores exist for a reason?"
"I was hungry, allowances should be made.

Gail Carriger

#15. Alexia was not a particularly musical person, and her husband, a noted opera singer in his human days, had once described her bath time warbling as those of a deranged badger.

Gail Carriger

#16. The vampire's eyes were open, and he was staring at her intently. It was as though he were trying to speak to her with simply the power of a glare.
Alexia did not speak glare-ish.

Gail Carriger

#17. He has been mad for you these many months, ever since you prodded him in the nether regions with a hedgehog.

Gail Carriger

#18. I'm still convinced you're doing my GTO, you bastard.

J.R. Ward

#19. Pain is a horribly wonderful gift.

Bryant McGill