“Geoffs arm emanated with a solid warmth I longed for after our days aboard S.S. British-Craphole.”

“May as well have ox blood running through those veins, I added, Youre as stubborn as one.”

“He might have perfect form and better swordsmanship, but I had one thing on my side that stacked the deck in my favor. I was absolutely crazy.”

“Now, now. I placed a hand on his back. Jealousy colors you black, Geoff. If you wanted to be a pretty princess too, I would have bought you a crown. Ill be back soon.”

“So this is how the merchant ship wont follow us, I mumbled, They arent insane enough to join the party.”

“The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of Take to the Sky, but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.”

“A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.”

“Above all, he loathed men who beat women; for, real men didnt exercise their strength on frail creatures, they joined the army and put Shazarias enemies in their graves.”

“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”

“Ive been fighting to be who I am all my life. Whats the point of being who I am, if I cant have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“We got a fightin' side a mile wide, but we pray for peace 'cause it's mostly us that end up servin' overseas.”