The Heart of Valor Quotes

“Good afternoon, Gunnery Sargent."
“Any ideas…?”
Dr. Sloan turned slowly and stared up at Torren through narrowed eyes. “About what?”
“I’m sorry had you not noticed the birds?”
“Oh, ha!” Arms folded she resumed staring to the west. “I’m not doing anything. They just keep coming back.”
“Maybe your jacket is…”
“…Is what? Stuffed with bird seed? Emitting matting coos on a frequency only these birds can hear? Looks like their big blue mother? You’re so good at getting various and varying species to do what say, you tell them to shoo.”
“Shoo?”
“Fine, pick a tougher word.”
No longer trying to hide her smile, Torren leaned slightly forwards and said, “Scram.”
The birds took off almost as one bird, their wings chopping at the air.”
― Tanya Huff, The Heart of Valor

“Does the military even have a position between going all out and casualty?" Dr. Sloan wondered-her thoughts apparently having been following the same paths.
"Yes, ma'am. We in the Corps refer to that position as being in the Navy.”
― Tanya Huff, The Heart of Valor

“While it was a truism throughout most of known space that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line, it was equally true as far as the Corps was concerned that the shortest distance between two points had probably been mined.”
― Tanya Huff, The Heart of Valor