Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

I don't think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn't someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven't, I claim the credit myself.)

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.