Ronald Firbank

"There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly."

"The world is so disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain."

"I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger."

"Oh! help me, heaven," she prayed, "to be decorative and to do right!"

"Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish. Adrian: No? Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland."

"I suppose when theres no more room for another crows-foot, one attains a sort of peace?"

"On we read, confusing the characters with the incidents and neglecting the outcome, but tickled by the images and the turns of the talk. It is frivolous stuff, and how rare, how precious is frivolity! How few writers can prostitute all their powers!"

"He had something of the air, if one can imagine such a combination, of a witty and decadent Red Indian."