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favorite fictional ladies: jessamine lovelace (the infernal devices)

And Jessamine— Jessamine was gazing at her in abject horror, like someone who has seen a vision of their own ghost. For a moment Tessa felt a stab of guilt. It lasted only a moment, though. Slowly Jessamine lowered her hand from her mouth, her face still very pale. “Goodness, my nose is enormous,” she exclaimed. “Why didn’t anyone tell me?”

(Source: beforecivility, via pcggyssteve-deactivated20141231)