Steve Hockensmith

“Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?”

“So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.”

“The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.”

“Somewhere in the city, Pestilence was raising an army for its fellow horseman, Death.”

“Failure is but the longer road to triumph.”

“Doubt, Master Liu always said, is death.”

“Longbows, crossbows, hair bows, rainbows - that's not the point.”

“A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for tea and crumpets.' It says 'Death has come for you! Flee or be killed where you stand!”

“Lieutenant Tindall told me I'd find you up here tilting at putrid windmills. Now I know what he meant.”

“Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.”