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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by MaxxQ   » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:20 am

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Dca wrote:I didn't see Alistair as being about adoring his skipper, it's not a cult of personality for me at least. Maybe the series is, from an outside perspective. But I do see the characters inside focusing on the value of duty. maybe that's just my curmudgeonly view. I don't see myself posting on the Cupid thread anytime soon, although I do read it with amusement.


Makes you less of a curmudgeon than I. I haven't read it since the first post. :mrgreen:
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:22 am

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roseandheather wrote:
DCA wrote:
Yes, Sir, a court of law, where your persistent attempts to compel the Queen's Navy to abandon its responsibilities will, no doubt, be seen as proof of collusion in treason and murder.
Alistair's redemption.

roseandheather wrote:
AKA the moment when Alistair McKeon went from "wake up and smell the awesome of your captain, jackass" to "OH HELLO AWESOME CHARACTER WHOM I LOVE AND ADORE".

The moment when Alistair McKeon became simply...Alistair, to us all. That was a heartstring moment for me. The clumsy moment when he was trying to cross the final bridge and explain to Honor why he had been such an ass. It was a Sam Kinison moment...

say it...Say it...Say It...SAY IT...SAY IT!!!

Very late to this party. 3:00 a.m. and all the booze and girls are gone. Dudes too.

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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Amaroq   » Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:36 pm

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Hutch wrote:
cthia, I know this is the Honorverse quote thread, but that rant just demands this one-liner from one of the best commentators of all time...

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

--Mark Twain


I have another Mark Twain quote that seems appropriate:

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
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In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by glott   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:00 am

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While re-reading Shadow of Freedom I noticed a nice exchange between Naomi Kaplan and Alvin Tallman, her XO.

(My apologies if it's been mentioned before. I have been following this topic since it started, but after 68 pages :!: my poor brain can't quite remember all the posts.)

"Looks to me like these Saltashans have a few bones of their own to pick with the Sollies."
"Who doesn't?" Kaplan asked bleakly.
"Only people who've never met them," Tallman replied.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by pokermind   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:25 am

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Ah back to one liners, Dirty Harry "Make my day." The Terminator, "I'll be back." And Honor Harrington's is:

"Lets be about it, people."

How could we forget, cthia?

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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:21 am

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pokermind wrote:Ah back to one liners, Dirty Harry "Make my day." The Terminator, "I'll be back." And Honor Harrington's is:

"Lets be about it, people."

How could we forget, cthia?

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I have this very old jean jacket from college. My sister refers to it as my Linus jacket. I have seen much of your work poker that I would simply LOVE to have made into patches. This is one of them!

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 MaxxQ   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:27 am

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glott wrote:While re-reading Shadow of Freedom I noticed a nice exchange between Naomi Kaplan and Alvin Tallman, her XO.

(My apologies if it's been mentioned before. I have been following this topic since it started, but after 68 pages :!: my poor brain can't quite remember all the posts.)

"Looks to me like these Saltashans have a few bones of their own to pick with the Sollies."
"Who doesn't?" Kaplan asked bleakly.
"Only people who've never met them," Tallman replied.


No need for apologies. This thread is for your favorite one-liners (or passages, as some of them have been), so if there's a repeat, it just means that it's a bit more popular than others.
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:51 pm

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ART

“I’ve been to some remarkable weddings in my time,” Jacques Benton-Ramirez y Chou said, “but this one…”

He waved his champagne glass at the glittering crowd thronging the grounds of Mount Royal Palace. Security was tight, and treecats were much in evidence. Many of them rode on shoulders threaded throughout that crowd, and others—dozens of others—perched cheerfully on the branches of landscaped trees, on ornamental gazebos and roofs. They could be heard every now and then, even through the steady surf of human voices and the music of the live orchestra, bleeking to one another as they enjoyed the human mind-glows swirling about them like rich, heady wine.

This scene is amazing. The mention of treecats actually in trees is interesting, but the kicker is that this is the first mention of an occasion where treecats actually enjoyed human mind glows to such an extent. It is as if for once they were basking in it. It is good to know that there are occasions where treecats were not just tolerating human mind glows. Of course I am referring to large gatherings of people where there usually was a mention of treecats empathic senses being bombarded.

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 Yow   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:05 pm

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“Day before yesterday," Billingsley said. "I . . . found him wandering around over near the Master Chiefs' Club. He looked like he needed a home, and he walked right up to me, and I couldn't just leave him there, Ma'am!"
"I see," Michelle said, looking into his guilelessly wide and innocent eyes. "And would it happen that this hulking menace to all mice, hamsters, chipmunks, and unwary small children has a name?"
"Yes, Ma'am. I call him 'Dicey.' ” ~ SftS


and unwary doughnuts

Cthia's father ~ "Son, do not cater to the common belief that a person has to earn respect. That is not true. You should give every person respect right from the start. What a person has to earn is your continued respect!"
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Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:48 pm

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Yow wrote:
“Day before yesterday," Billingsley said. "I . . . found him wandering around over near the Master Chiefs' Club. He looked like he needed a home, and he walked right up to me, and I couldn't just leave him there, Ma'am!"
"I see," Michelle said, looking into his guilelessly wide and innocent eyes. "And would it happen that this hulking menace to all mice, hamsters, chipmunks, and unwary small children has a name?"
"Yes, Ma'am. I call him 'Dicey.' ” ~ SftS


and unwary doughnuts

I had forgotten all about Dicey. I wonder how Dicey is faring.
This also reminds me of another interest, of how treecats interact with house pets. I don't recall RFC giving us a scene regarding a treecat and a regular housecat or a dog.

Nice post Yow. You dug deep down in the archives for that one.

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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