Tanya

“I tapped the thrusters, deftly bringing the Fafnir to a relative stop, then sat back. “Hey, I’m getting pretty good at this.” “You are, Van. Just remember the golden rule of flying a spaceship,” Netty said. “What’s that?” “Your first collision is probably your last.” “Words to live by.”
― J.N. Chaney, Backyard Starship

“No, don’t leave me. The driver underneath me is dead, my foot is stuck on his stick shift, and my ear is attached to his ascot.”
― Agatha Chocolats, Thirteen Chocolates

“Not the star?’ Swift asked. ‘No, that’s Dick Dreadnaught.’ ‘Dick Dreadnaught?’ Swift and I both repeated in incredulity. ‘It’s his stage name, he wanted something memorable,’ she explained. ‘Well, he certainly succeeded in that,’ Swift remarked.”
― Karen Baugh Menuhin, Death in Damascus

“Mrs. Dane Calthrop is a very remarkable woman, you know. She’s nearly always right.” “It makes her rather alarming,” I said. “Sincerity has that effect,” said Miss Marple.”
― Agatha Christie, The Complete Miss Marple Collection