“Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want.""We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to.""Thanks."Wedge & Tycho”

“That was interesting.""He deliberately countermanded one of my orders.""He was furtive.""Sneaky, even.""We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet."Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)”

“No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence.-General Wedge Antilles”

“I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?”“Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.”Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.”

“Tomer: “What's this?”Cabinet: “Wt's ths?”Wedge: “Cabinet.”Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.”Cabinet: “...ts tlkng”Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.”Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.”Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.”

“There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good.”