The Better Part of Valor Quotes

“Stedrin’s probably got Ryder filling out forms in triplicate before he’ll issue the suits,” Huilin snickered. “Fuk, there’s probably a ‘civilian request to rescue Marines’ form.” “Yeah, I’d laugh,” Nivry sighed, sliding down the bulkhead and landing awkwardly on the deck, “but there”
― Tanya Huff, The Better Part of Valor

“And since when do we do what the ship wants?” “Pretty much from the moment the air lock blew,” Ryder snorted.”
― Tanya Huff, The Better Part of Valor

“Experience had taught her that an enthusiastic officer was a bad thing; an enthusiastic idiot in a captain’s uniform was a”
― Tanya Huff, The Better Part of Valor

“Lieutenant Commander Sibley added a few final flourishes as he brought the Jade up to cruising speed. "If you have to hurl, Staff Sargent, bite the black tab at the base of your faceplate. It'll open a pouch."

No answer. Not even the sound of a lost lunch.

"Staff?"

Her telltales were green. She was conscious. Heart pumping at sixty/sixty. Respiration slow and steady.

Then it dawned on him. While he'd been flying a pattern designed to test the limits of Human physiology, his passenger had gone to sleep.”
― Tanya Huff, The Better Part of Valor