Honorverse favorite one-liners

SWM wrote:

cthia wrote:Beginnings anthology? I'm never gonna catch up. So many unplotted stars on my Honorverse map. Thanks NortonIDaughter.

There are 6 anthologies; Changer of Worlds is the third. The anthologies are:

More Than Honor
Worlds of Honor
Changer of Worlds
The Service of the Sword
In Fire Forged
Beginnings

The after the second anthology, the anthologies became known as the Worlds of Honor series.

bunyipbelle wrote:"after almost seventy years honing her skills, she could play a prude like a stradivarius, and she took a devilish delight in doing so" This description of Allison comes from In Enemy Hands.

bunyipbelle wrote:"How can one person- one person, Oscar - do this much damage? She's like some dammed elemental force of nature" Rob Pierre talking to Oscar Saint Just about Honor this quote comes from In Enemy Hands.

"I had my doubts when she turned up with that treecat of hers. First time I'd ever seen one onboard ship. I figured it was bound to make trouble in Snotty Row if nowhere else, and that Harrington might be full of herself for having it in the first place, but I was wrong on both counts. And the girl's got bottom, too. She's going to be a good one someday . . . unless Santino pushes her too hard.

Jonathan_S wrote:

SWM wrote:There are 6 anthologies; Changer of Worlds is the third. The anthologies are:

More Than Honor
Worlds of Honor
Changer of Worlds
The Service of the Sword
In Fire Forged
Beginnings

The after the second anthology, the anthologies became known as the Worlds of Honor series.

Lots of books for cthia to make sure he's read; but with 30 or so (so far) I guess it's easy enough to miss one or two.

13 mainline books (On Basilisk Station - A Rising Thunder)
6 anthologies (which you nicely listed)
3 Crown of Slaves books (Crown of Slaves - Cauldron of Ghosts)
3 Saganami Island books (Shadows of Saganami - Shadow of Freedom)
3 Star Kingdom (Stephanie Harrington) YA books (A Beautiful Friendship - Treecat Wars)
1 Travis Long book (A Call to Duty [eARC only at this point])
1 Honorverse Companion (House of Steel)

The lieutenant stood in the weapon's bay for Graser Three, the second energy mount in War Maiden's port broadside. He and Honor both wore skinsuits as Regs required, since the bay was sealed only by a single hatch, not a proper air lock. When the ship cleared for action, the bay would be opened to space, the emitter assembly would train outboard, and the powered ram would move the entire weapon outward until the emitter head cleared the hull and could bring up its gravity lenses safely. Honor had always been privately amused by the fact that modern energy weapons were "run out" like some echo of the muzzleloading cannon of Old Earth's sailing navies, but at the moment all she felt was a dull, seething resentment for her training officer.

"The senior chief petty officer in question," Layson said quietly, "has been in the King's Navy for seven years longer than you've been alive, Lieutenant Santino. In that time, he's had the opportunity to see more midshipmen and midshipwomen than you've seen dinners. I am not prepared to entertain any suggestion that he is too inexperienced to form a reasonable and reliable opinion of Ms. Harrington's character. Do I make myself clear?" "Yes, Sir!"

Santino was perspiring freely now, and Layson stood behind his desk.

"As a matter of fact, Mr. Santino, I asked Senior Chief Shelton to share the insight of his many years of experience with me some days ago when I began to hear a few disturbing reports about our officer candidates. As such, he was acting under my direct instructions when he gave me his version of your . . . discussion with Ms. Harrington. Frankly, I'm happy he was there, because this episode simply confirms something I'd already come to suspect. Which is, Mr. Santino, that you are clearly too stupid to pour piss out of a boot without printed instructions!"