[Koudelka] looked back, "You?! I know you! You trust beyond reason!" [Cordelia] met his eyes steadily, "Yes, it's how I get results beyond hope, as you may recall.

Cecil flashed a grin. "Quite. Plus your rather irritating habit of treating your superior officers as your, ah..." Cecil paused, apparently groping again for just the right word. "Equals?" Miles hazarded. "Cattle," Cecil corrected judiciously.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.

Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.

But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone.