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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:56 am

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"Well," Benjamin said, breaking into her thoughts, "how do you like your new job, Admiral Harrington?"


Benjy is such a character. There were times I wasn't sure he was Grayson. He was educated off-world wasn't he?

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by hanuman   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:35 am

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cthia wrote:Flag in Exile
"Well," Benjamin said, breaking into her thoughts, "how do you like your new job, Admiral Harrington?"


Benjy is such a character. There were times I wasn't sure he was Grayson. He was educated off-world wasn't he?


Yup. University of Old Chicago, I think it was.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:36 am

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"And you're satisfied with your squadron?"
"Not yet—but I will be!"

Somehow, I don't doubt that Ms. Harrington. No, I don't doubt that at all. I guarantee you it to be true.


"Give me another two months, and I'll back them against any Manty"—she grinned as she used the word—"squadron you want to name."

Anyone wanna bet against Her Honor at the bat?

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Amaroq   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:28 pm

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It was odd, really, how their definition of "bad news" had shifted. Once upon a time, it had meant "This is irritating, and it's going to be bothersome to deal with." Now it meant "Oh my God, what now?"


That change in definition brought to you by Michelle Henke and Sir Aivars Terekhov. Have a nice day. :D
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:38 pm

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On Basilisk Station
"Good night, Mr. McKeon."

You all know how many of McKeon's teeth Honor had to pull to get to this simple pleasantry.

She can always fall back on dentistry if she gets drummed out of the Navy.

Poor McKeon went from Honor pulling his teeth to StateSec knocking them out.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by saber964   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:43 pm

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hanuman" [quote="cthia wrote:Flag in Exile
"Well," Benjamin said, breaking into her thoughts, "how do you like your new job, Admiral Harrington?"


Benjy is such a character. There were times I wasn't sure he was Grayson. He was educated off-world wasn't he?


Yup. University of Old Chicago, I think it was.[/quote]


Nope Harvard University, Bogotá Campus
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:22 pm

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On Basilisk Station suggested by my 12 yr-old niece Princess Tierney.

"Here, Greedy Guts," she told him.

Nimitz should send Honor an image of a pot calling the kettle black.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by hanuman   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:56 pm

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saber964 wrote:

Nope Harvard University, Bogotá Campus


Ah, thank you for the correction, Saber.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:57 pm

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Amaroq wrote:
It was odd, really, how their definition of "bad news" had shifted. Once upon a time, it had meant "This is irritating, and it's going to be bothersome to deal with." Now it meant "Oh my God, what now?"


That change in definition brought to you by Michelle Henke and Sir Aivars Terekhov. Have a nice day. :D


There's a lot of funny in these books, but I'd have to say Michelle Henke is the most consistently hilarious character in the whole 'verse.

Also hilarious is this description of a cranky Khumalo in TSoS: "...Khumalo rumbled like an irritated boar."

It probably doesn't speak well for my sense of self-preservation that my first instinct is to cuddle the cranky Admiral... :lol:
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by lyonheart   » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:22 am

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Hi all,

What's the reason page 131 goes to net nanny?

I'm just trying to catch up with all the posts, but if the forum agrees with it, fine.

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