This one from Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar:

Droushnakovi smiled a bit skeptically at Cordelia's painted vision. "Who says Kou won't be a general himself someday?" she said softly. She sighed, her brow creasing. "Yes. I still want him. But ... I guess I'm afraid he'll hurt me again."

Cordelia thought that one over. "Probably. Aral and I hurt ( Read more... )

"Her father would have streamed fire from his nostrils and bellowed like a huckster; her brother would have imitated an icicle, dripping words like cold water; her aunt Fanerl would have suggested six eminently suitable young men for her to marry on the spot, all of them completely unbearable."

Patricia A. McKillip, Od Magic

SQUEE!Just had to ( Read more... )

Yep, I'm workin' overtime in the comma mines tonight. Or rather the comma mines came home with me.

Favourite sentence tonight: Consider that the ice storm that hit Quebec and caused millions of dollars of damages may have been caused by the neglect of hydro suppliers.

Ummmm...y'know, I'm pretty sure that HydroQuebec would like to be in control ( Read more... )