Kieran

“And so when it came to the end of nineteen forty-five he did not cross the line of midnight into the New Year, but instead looked over his shoulder, and tumbled backwards to the beginning.”
― S.E. Lister, The Immortals

“To be fair, you’re the only person I’ve ever met who’d come up with the idea of being wildly rude and hostile to the guy who saved your life twenty times,” Aadhya said. I glared at her. “Thirteen times! And I’ve saved his life at least twice.” “Catch up already, girl,” she said, unrepentantly.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn’t be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“I am—so I won’t,” he said. “I swear. I mean, I could make a killing, so you’ve got me by the balls here.” “Please never say that again,” said the Angel.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth