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You couldn’t be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you’d been abused into affecting public humility.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
If you’re just now finding out that this world is unjust, well, you’re behind the times.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
It is always easier to get forgiveness than permission.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
You have to be careful who you let define your good.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
Even love is not as strong as habit, eh?
A Civil Campaign (1999)
I’ve seen planetary invasion plans less complex than what’s being booted about for this Imperial Wedding.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
My brother has this bad little habit of editing his version of reality to fit his audience.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
Lately I have come to believe that the principal difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
He couldn’t make this go faster by pushing harder.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
The trouble with oaths of the form, death before dishonor, is that eventually, given enough time and abrasion, they separate the world into just two sorts of people: the dead, and the forsworn.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
“No money, but she’s beautiful, and her blood lines are impeccable.”
“Are you choosing a wife, or buying a horse?”
A Civil Campaign (1999)
If power was an illusion, wasn’t weakness necessarily one also?
A Civil Campaign (1999)
I could be a virgin again. What a dreadful thought.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
She wondered when not dull had become her prime criterion for mate selection.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
All Mark knew was that if it came down to a choice between Kareen and oxygen, he’d prefer to give up oxygen, thanks.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
“So much for that line of reasoning, Lord Richars,” Ekaterin finished. She sat back with a hand-dusting gesture, and added, by no means under her breath, “Twit.”
A Civil Campaign (1999)
Kareen was by no means sure Mark was a potential husband. He was still working his heart out on becoming a potential human being.
A Civil Campaign (1999)
How can you stand me? I can’t even stand me.
A Civil Campaign (1999)