Dorian

“…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

“Everybody at a university was to her a professor, unless they were students of course, and therefore even worse.”
― Diana Wynne Jones, Enchanted Glass

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

“and the Buck women found themselves in the novel position of having two healthy, strong men at their bidding.”
― Sarah Mayberry, Almost a Bride