Jesse

“The one word that Newfoundland has given the world is penguin. No one has any idea what inspired it.”
― Bill Bryson, Made in America

“What foul sorcery is this?” she said. “Pretty standard foul sorcery; nothing special.” “Okay,” she said. “Just checking.”
― Steven Brust, Hawk

“Captain,” said Khaavren, both by way of affirmation and correction, thus conveying the maximum amount of information in the fewest possible words; a custom of his, and one that this historian has, in fact, adopted for himself, holding efficiency of language to be a high virtue in all written works without exception.”
― Steven Brust, Tiassa

“It's just the nature of things. Every lawyer starts out seeking justice and winds up seeking victories. Every doctor want to save his patients and ends up wanting to save his investments. And every journalist starts out caring about the truth and ends up caring about circulation.”
― Mike Resnick, Starship: Mutiny