Topic Actions

Topic Search

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot], tlb and 96 guests

Honorverse favorite one-liners

Join us in talking discussing all things Honor, including (but not limited to) tactics, favorite characters, and book discussions.
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:13 pm

roseandheather
Admiral

Posts: 2056
Joined: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:39 pm
Location: Republic of Haven

Here, have some Dame Estelle!

...the crowd of Spindalians and off-planet diplomats stepped aside to let her pass. It didn't look as if they even realized they were doing it; it was simply an inevitable law of nature.
~ The Shadow of Saganami

"....And if it turns out we have to land Marines and kick down doors to do that, then we'll land Marines with great big nasty boots. Is that clear?"

She was the smallest person at the table by a considerable margin, but every head nodded very quickly indeed.

"Good," Dame Estelle Matsuko said quietly.
~ The Shadow of Saganami


Medusa tipped back in her chair, and Michelle strongly suspected that the baroness had just toed off her shoes underneath her desk.
~ Storm From the Shadows

...I'm going to stop now. If I post any more, you all might start to like her too much, and then you'll try to take her away from me. :P :mrgreen:
~*~


I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.

Javier & Eloise
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley..."
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:52 am

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm

roseandheather wrote:Here, have some Dame Estelle!

...the crowd of Spindalians and off-planet diplomats stepped aside to let her pass. It didn't look as if they even realized they were doing it; it was simply an inevitable law of nature.
~ The Shadow of Saganami

"....And if it turns out we have to land Marines and kick down doors to do that, then we'll land Marines with great big nasty boots. Is that clear?"

She was the smallest person at the table by a considerable margin, but every head nodded very quickly indeed.

"Good," Dame Estelle Matsuko said quietly.
~ The Shadow of Saganami


Medusa tipped back in her chair, and Michelle strongly suspected that the baroness had just toed off her shoes underneath her desk.
~ Storm From the Shadows

...I'm going to stop now. If I post any more, you all might start to like her too much, and then you'll try to take her away from me. :P :mrgreen:


"Like the old story about the mule, first you need to hit it between the eyes with a big enough club to get its attention."

-Hamish Alexander-Harrington A Rising Thunder.

now for a commercial break...

Dame Estelle is the older woman in my life.
My Mistress, my his-tryst, My Misses Jones!

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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:01 am

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm

...whatever they’d done to Admiral Crandall at Spindle. Assuming, of course, that they’d actually done anything to Admiral Crandall at Spindle.
Commissioner Floyd was inclined to think they hadn’t.

Rear Admiral Pyun was inclined to think Commissioner Floyd was an idiot.

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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:26 am

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm


The fat is well and truly in the fire, no matter what happens, Hiram Ivanov thought grimly. If those bastards in Old Chicago were going to do the reasonable thing, they’d already’ve done it. Since they haven’t, things are going to get a hell of a lot worse before they get any better, and I think it’s time to begin making that clear to the other side.

I can't believe I've missed A Rising Thunder!
But thanks to Don n7axw, I'm correcting that huge oversight.

Blame it on my niece.
But at least it's all a fresh new read for me.

Eat your heart out, mateys! :D

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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:43 am

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm

Whatever else happens, at least the Solarian League Navy knows how to maintain a brave face, he thought.

-Admiral Liam Pyun-Frontier Fleet
A Rising Thunder

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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:25 am

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm

"...the next salvo won’t be targeted on your wedges. You have ten minutes to reverse acceleration or translate into hyper. If you’ve done neither at the end of those ten minutes, I will open fire once more, and this time we’ll be firing for effect. Ivanov, clear.”

A Rising Thunder.

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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by cthia   » Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:11 pm

cthia
Fleet Admiral

Posts: 14951
Joined: Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:10 pm

cthia wrote:"...the next salvo won’t be targeted on your wedges. You have ten minutes to reverse acceleration or translate into hyper. If you’ve done neither at the end of those ten minutes, I will open fire once more, and this time we’ll be firing for effect. Ivanov, clear.”

A Rising Thunder.

And the next line, right after the above, is funny. A Solarian Admiral showing some brains?
Interesting concept...


“Captain Gilmore, instruct Captain Zyndram to reverse acceleration immediately. And tell him to get our hyper generators online.” :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
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Amaroq   » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:33 am

Amaroq
Captain of the List

Posts: 523
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:39 pm
Location: Princess Anne, Maryland

From AoV:

And once that young woman makes a decision, the rest of the universe had better resign itself to the inevitable and get out of the way, he thought cheerfully. Because if it doesn't, it's going to get hurt.


Duke Cromarty commenting on Queen Elizabeth in the wake of San Martin requesting annexation into the Star Kingdom.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by roseandheather   » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:44 am

roseandheather
Admiral

Posts: 2056
Joined: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:39 pm
Location: Republic of Haven

cthia wrote:Dame Estelle is the older woman in my life.
My Mistress, my his-tryst, My Misses Jones!


*protective snarl* You back off her right the hell now. *curls protectively around her*
~*~


I serve at the pleasure of President Pritchart.

Javier & Eloise
"You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley..."
Top
Re: Honorverse favorite one-liners
Post by Amaroq   » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:02 am

Amaroq
Captain of the List

Posts: 523
Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:39 pm
Location: Princess Anne, Maryland

roseandheather wrote:
cthia wrote:Dame Estelle is the older woman in my life.
My Mistress, my his-tryst, My Misses Jones!


*protective snarl* You back off her right the hell now. *curls protectively around her*


Do I need to send you guys to sit in opposite corners?
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.
Top

Return to Honorverse