Shawn

“As if any of this makes sense,” she said. “It does to someone,” Fergus said.”
― Suzanne Palmer, Driving the Deep

“He took a deep settling breath then said, “What man, having mastered himself, should fear any king?”
― Jay Posey, Every Sky a Grave

“There’s a certain type of manager who is known by his call of “My door is always open” and it is probably a good idea to beat yourself to death with your own CV rather than work for him. In Ridcully’s case, however, he meant, “My door is always open because then, when I’m bored, I can fire my crossbow right across the hall and into the target just above the Bursar’s desk.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

“The fat man who’d volunteered the glass looked as if he sold things; he had the unpleasant complexion of someone who’d hit too many bottles but missed too many meals.”
― Terry Pratchett, Maskerade