That was the thing about traitors: they were people who’d already changed their minds at least once. - Iain Banks

Thing about emergencies,” he said, sounding weary. “Rarely occur when they’d be convenient.

She hadn’t forgotten all her military training; one point she certainly recalled being taught was that anything that looked like an outrageous coincidence was probably enemy action.

Oh, yeah, this Ziller guy. Some spoiled, fur-rending liberal brat who thinks it’s his God-given duty to do the whining for those who can’t be bothered whining for themselves.