Honorverse favorite one-liners

cthia wrote:Ashes of Victory

But swimming a tube, even with only one arm, was something she could have done in her sleep, and she fell back on the almost instinctive skills of a forty-plus-year naval career.

My how time flies when Honor's having fun. It just doesn't seem like forty-plus years, yet even so, it seems like she'd be hampered by swimming a tube with one arm. Imagining it is a bit humorous.

cthia wrote:
Ashes of Victory

But swimming a tube, even with only one arm, was something she could have done in her sleep, and she fell back on the almost instinctive skills of a forty-plus-year naval career.

My how time flies when Honor's having fun. It just doesn't seem like forty-plus years, yet even so, it seems like she'd be hampered by swimming a tube with one arm. Imagining it is a bit humorous.

Crewdude48 wrote:
Well, she did have some time under her belt before we ever met her.

Also, every time she had to carry something onto or off of a ship, she had to swim a tube with one arm, so she has had some practice at it. Her experience might not have mapped exactly to having only one arm, but she did know hand placement and stuff like that.

MaxxQ wrote:

cthia wrote:<snip>
...good coffee house...
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No such thing. In fact, "good" and "coffee" should *never* be in the same sentence.

MaxxQ wrote:

cthia wrote:<snip>
...good coffee house...
<snip>

No such thing. In fact, "good" and "coffee" should *never* be in the same sentence.

Yow wrote:
A friend of mine years ago as a rated AM (airframer) got the highest evaluation among his peers from his chiefs and officers while attached to the "Geedunk (http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/trivia03-3.htm) in his squadron. He had tried on multiple occasions to get transferred to the Airframe shop so he could work in his rate and do what the Navy had trained him to do. That only worked out for a few weeks till he was yanked back into Geedunk because nobody could make coffee, espresso, cappuccino or mochas that the officers and chiefs had come to enjoy from when my friend ran the Geedunk. He was not amused but damn he made great coffee

"Welcome home, My Lady!" he said, and if his voice was husky with emotion, it also echoed in the sudden quiet. "Welcome home. And welcome aboard the "Honor Harrington!"

While many of its public buildings had been placed under protective domes, the city as a whole had not, and it was winter in Grayson's northern hemisphere.

cthia wrote:Ashes of Victory

While many of its public buildings had been placed under protective domes, the city as a whole had not, and it was winter in Grayson's northern hemisphere.

I missed this first time around. I was under the impression that all of Grayson was domed. Especially Austin City, the oldest of Grayson's cities.

Has Sky Domes insured that all of Grayson will be "Under The Dome?"

Actually," she said in a lighter tone, "I'm much luckier than the people who arranged for me to need those replacements in the first place, you know."

Senior Chief Harkness here sort of saw to it that everyone who had anything to do with what happened to me, including Cordelia Ransom, came to a very bad end," she told the Protector.

This is Faith Katherine Honor Stephanie Miranda Harrington," she said gently, and giggled at Honor's expression. "I know the name is longer than she is just now, poor darling, but that's your fault, too, you know.