Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal. - S. M. Stirling

Trust is the lubricant that enables men to work together, and they've thrown a handful of corundum grit into ours.

One of the pieces of advice his father had given him when he got his commission was that excitable women were wearing, but often worth the trouble.

And Sita, isn't it about time you grew up?"
"You mean it's adult behavior to let ambassadors get ripped up by boars on the family's hunting grounds, brother?