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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:57 pm

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cthia wrote:War of Honor
Benjamin's sentiment regarding Foraker's assignment to Bolthole.
"There's no possible way to confirm it, but if I were a secretary of war who had some sort of high-cost project in applied research and development going on somewhere and I had someone of Foraker's demonstrated abilities to put in charge of it, I know what I'd be doing with her."

I can think of a few things too - besides that. :idea:


SO SAY WE ALL. ;) :mrgreen:
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by stewart   » Mon Nov 24, 2014 12:03 am

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fallsfromtrees wrote:
I sorely miss the rapport of Honor and Andrew. They came to know each other well. I often thought LaFollet's love for Honor bordered love. I'm still not certain he wasn't simply good at hiding the fact that he'd fallen in love. I kept awaiting RFC's quill to confirm it. RFC probably had to kill Andrew off, because the chemistry present surely would have caused a spark.

Andrew would never have acted upon it. His armsman code of honor would never have permitted it.[/quote]


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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by George J. Smith   » Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:13 am

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roseandheather wrote:[quote="George J. Smith

I always thought RFC killed off Andrew and Miranda to save Honor the pain of watching them die of old age.


T&R
GJS

See, and I thought he killed Andrew off just to torture us....


Well there is that as well

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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by kenl511   » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:01 pm

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MOH:

Elizabeth: "You know we'll have foot dragging and tantrum throwing all over, don't you?" She asked. Then she smiled and said What the hell, I've always enjoyed a challenge."



Personal note, I never thought I would do this but I skipped a part of a novel with Allyson in it. MOH, Yawata strike, just too hard to take the whole thing.....
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:49 pm

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Captain Valentine MacNaughtan of the Saltash Space Service.
Dueñas, you miserable asshole, he thought scathingly. You don’t have a frigging clue, do you? I really don’t want to see what you screw up for an encore, but I’ve got a nasty feeling I’m going to. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Grandpa, what did you think you were doing?!

Just ... :lol:

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 cthia   » Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:57 am

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But Dueñas’ sister had married a senior assistant undersecretary of the interior, and her last, gossipy letter (outpacing official correspondence, as private mail had a tendency to do) had mentioned rumors the Star Empire might recall its merchant fleet from Solarian shipping lanes.

Underscores my sentiment that the great-grape-gossip-vine will always find the avenue of least communicative resistance. :lol:

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 cthia   » Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:08 pm

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“He’s got to be crazy, Ma’am,” Tucker Kiernan told Oxana Dubroskaya flatly. “Five light cruisers against four battlecruisers? They’ve got at most—what? Maybe eight tubes per broadside? Well, we’ve got twenty-eight per broadside!”


Now I understand the Sollies!
8 isnot < 28.

Blame it all on the New Math. :lol:

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 cthia   » Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:24 pm

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Captain Zavala.
“It’s been my observation that the best way to impress a Solly is to shoot him squarely between the eyes,” he told his chief of staff, never looking away from the plot. “You wouldn’t want to shoot him anywhere else, though. You might hurt him."

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 timmopussycat   » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:35 am

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The danger of refusing to negotiate with Honor Harrington. From FiE:

"All right, be that way. But watch yourself, Howard! Someone has to make that speech to the Ladies' Gardening Guild next week."
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:53 am

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But Daddy is a very…guided weapon, Gwen. He’s got really good target discrimination, and he’s just as good at holding down the collateral damage.

And stealthy as any Apollo missile that daddy.

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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