“You're not my type for long-term imprisonment.”

“Even though you're not my type, gender wise, you're certainly my type, person-wise.”

“Jael returned the lazy smile. "You're not my type.""Well, you're not anybody's type," said Hazael. "No, wait. I take it back. My sword says she'd like to know you better.”

“In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée, the long term: that which survives the vicissitudes of changing governments, newfangled fashions or technological improvements, an ongoing inheritance that can both imprison and inspire.”

“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”

“There's a reason that grueling long-term events are called 'Iron Man' events. In this case, you're going to build Iron Man.”