Tanner Jones

“I'm afraid you made a serious mistake today."
"Sire?"
"You proved yourself extraordinarily capable, Captain," Albion said. "I can hardly let something like that go unremarked."
"I don't understand, sir," Grimm said, frowning.
"Captain, your clarity of thought in the face of unexpected disaster is a rare quality. It's a poor reward for such heroism, but I'm afraid that I must insist upon continuing to use you for the good of my Spire.”
― Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass

“Coz," he said. "You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe letter.”
― Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass

“Back-to-back", Bayard replied, and Grimm felt the sudden, wiry pressure of the other man's shoulders pressed against the middle of his back.
"I should be friends with taller people," Grimm panted.
"Bite your tongue, old boy, or I'll hack apart your ankles.”
― Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass

“Those interest me. I will climb them."

"All the way up there?" Bridget asked. She felt slightly dizzy just thinking of the view from the mast tops. "It seems unnecessary."

Rowl turned his head and gave her a level look. Then he said, "I sometimes forget that you are just a human. " He flicked his ears dismissively and looked back up at the masts. "A cat would understand.”
― Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass