Dorian

“I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.”
― Barbara Hambly, Bride of the Rat God

“…the trouble with oaths of the form, death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enough time and abrasion, they separate the world into two sorts of people: the dead, and the forsworn.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

“Busy old fool, unruly Sophie”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle

“The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance