I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him. - Lois McMaster Bujold

The fourth approved approach for the problem of frontally attacking a guarded wormhole was to shoot the officer who suggested it.

“It’s true,” agreed Oliver, “that if your religion failed to deliver a miracle, that a human sacrifice would certainly follow.”
“Ah...quite,” Miles gulped. “You are a man of acute insight.”
“That’s not an insight,” said Oliver. “That’s a personal guarantee.”

All Mark knew was that if it came down to a choice between Kareen and oxygen, he’d prefer to give up oxygen, thanks.