"W.E.B. Du Havel: God, I love the "fine morality" of the wealthy and powerful. You'll spill tears over your own, in a …"

"Victor Cachat's father: Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine."

"Narration: The reason for his anguish, the intolerable burden which had broken him at last, was the simplest thing in…"

"Honor Harrington: My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own."

"Narration: But what kept them on their feet when there was no sane reason for hope were the bonds between them, loyal…"

"Honor Harrington: The world's best swordsman doesn't fear the second best; he fears the worst swordsman, because he c…"

"Narration: But the universe wasn't really unfair, she thought, and her mouth quirked. It just didn't give much of a d…"

"Admiral Amos Parnell: (before launching the Manticoran-Havenite War) I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quo…"

"Narration: [Michelle] Henke sensed [Honor's] terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared fo…"

"Narration: He bit his lip and realized how right the Protector had been to stop him from offering her a commission mo…"