Honorverse favorite one-liners

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*

but...but...but I love her.
She comforts me, right after every time Stacey Hauptman kicks me out of her bungalow.

cthia wrote:

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

but...but...but I love her.
She comforts me, right after every time Stacey Hauptman kicks me out of her bungalow.

*hiss* Mine!

Amaroq wrote:
Do I need to send you guys to sit in opposite corners?

Not if he backs off my Essie!

roseandheather wrote:*hiss* Mine!


Not if he backs off my Essie!

Don't get your knickers all in a twist.
There's plenty of Estelle to go around.
She's a lot of woman.

You're her bff (best friend forever)
I'm her bff (boyfriend forever)
She journeys off to the powder room with you, to freshen up for me.
She goes shopping with you to buy a little black dress for me.
She needs us both.
See?

Some very, very good ones from Berry and Thandi in the CoG snippets :

Berry : "Look at 'em. It's like they belong to some sort of weird club. You know, the sort of goofy super-exclusive fellowship that's got stupid secret handshakes."

[...]

Thandi : "If you don't explain yourself I'm going to take up a new aerobic exercise. It's called the Cachat Curl."

And Berry's immediate reaction : "Can I watch ?"

cthia wrote:

roseandheather wrote:*hiss* Mine!


Not if he backs off my Essie!

Don't get your knickers all in a twist.
There's plenty of Estelle to go around.
She's a lot of woman.

You're her bff (best friend forever)
I'm her bff (boyfriend forever)
She journeys off to the powder room with you, to freshen up for me.
She goes shopping with you to buy a little black dress for me.
She needs us both.
See?

....what part of "I am desperately in love with Estelle Matsuko and she is mine" have I failed to make clear, here?

Imagine yourself in my situation, only the character in question is Stacey Hauptman.

Does that clarify things?

niethil wrote:Some very, very good ones from Berry and Thandi in the CoG snippets :

Berry : "Look at 'em. It's like they belong to some sort of weird club. You know, the sort of goofy super-exclusive fellowship that's got stupid secret handshakes."

[...]

Thandi : "If you don't explain yourself I'm going to take up a new aerobic exercise. It's called the Cachat Curl."

And Berry's immediate reaction : "Can I watch ?"

I can't wait for CoG to hit the shelves. This thread is going to explode. I think I spent 80% of that book in hysterics.

roseandheather wrote:
....what part of "I am desperately in love with Estelle Matsuko and she is mine" have I failed to make clear, here?

Imagine yourself in my situation, only the character in question is Stacey Hauptman.

Does that clarify things?

You mean...

Ok then, I got Stacey anyways.
At least when I'm not on the sofa.


“I don’t see why the entire universe insists on thinking of me as some sort of crazed killer,” Cachat said mildly. “It’s not like I kill anyone who doesn’t need killing.”

I bet it's a riot when Cachat and Zilwicki are together.
The universe does contain little prizes, doesn't it?

cthia wrote:

roseandheather wrote:
....what part of "I am desperately in love with Estelle Matsuko and she is mine" have I failed to make clear, here?

Imagine yourself in my situation, only the character in question is Stacey Hauptman.

Does that clarify things?

You mean...

Yes, I'm afraid things very much are "like that". Honestly, I'm just surprised that you're surprised - I thought I'd been fairly obvious!!

cthia wrote:Ok then, I got Stacey anyways.
At least when I'm not on the sofa.

Stacey, you are welcome to. If she puts you on the sofa, go talk to Michelle. I love her, but she isn't off-limits.

cthia wrote:
“I don’t see why the entire universe insists on thinking of me as some sort of crazed killer,” Cachat said mildly. “It’s not like I kill anyone who doesn’t need killing.”

I bet it's a riot when Cachat and Zilwicki are together.
The universe does contain little prizes, doesn't it?

There's one particular running gag in CoG regarding Elizabeth Winton's purported ability to petrify someone with a glare - and the various degrees of petrification they would undergo - that pretty much had me on the floor every time it turned up. You are going to pretty much cackle your way through that book. Except, as is par for the course in this 'verse, when you're busy crying instead.

roseandheather wrote:Yes, I'm afraid things very much are "like that". Honestly, I'm just surprised that you're surprised - I thought I'd been fairly obvious!!

Don't know how you've been obvious.
But it's cool & hot simultaneously!

roseandheather wrote:Stacey, you are welcome to. If she puts you on the sofa, go talk to Michelle. I love her, but she isn't off-limits.

No thanks per the Henke offer.
She's beautiful and all, but I've always done quite well on the meet the parents night.

Meet the Queen. Not sure I could bullshit a Queen that's surely heard it all, whose profession is to detect liars, whom has help in a little furry friend to do just that.

First thing Ariel will report to the family was my intentions...

"He's a horny little bastard."

roseandheather wrote:There's one particular running gag in CoG regarding Elizabeth Winton's purported ability to petrify someone with a glare - and the various degrees of petrification they would undergo - that pretty much had me on the floor every time it turned up. You are going to pretty much cackle your way through that book.

Looking forward to it.

cthia wrote:

roseandheather wrote:Yes, I'm afraid things very much are "like that". Honestly, I'm just surprised that you're surprised - I thought I'd been fairly obvious!!

Don't know how you've been obvious.
But it's cool & hot simultaneously!

How did I see that reaction coming ten miles away?

cthia wrote:
Looking forward to it.

The eARC is out already!!