“Banning the word bossy doesnt promote anything, especially leadership. In fact, it would actually show that being bossy works. We dont need to ban the word bossy, we need to get rid of bossiness. T...”

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

“There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always someone at a desk, except...”

“As far as I can tell, kids are called bossy when they behave in a dictatorial and domineering fashion. Theyre called bossy when they try to order people around and refuse to listen to authority fig...”

“I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.”

“Zane was pretty sure that worries and bossing were related, like a pair of old aunties.”

“You are a devious woman, Blackthorn,' she said. 'I prefer the term strategic thinker.”