We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.

He's not too short. He's just... concentrated.

Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.

I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.

For a while, I thought I was going mad. At last, I became reconciled to my despair. The medications helped, too, I thought, sir.

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

The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.