I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.
Quotes from Temeraire series — Naomi Novik
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Naomi Novik (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Naomi Novik (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.