“People deal with me, but they are genuinely fond of Prim. Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her alive.”
“I will be fond of keeping still, and the people will of themselves become correct.”
“They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there's anyone left alive!”
“I'm fond of her."Oh yeah? Fond are you? I've heard of fond. I expect old erection here" - she pointed to the tube of DNA - "was fond of his victim. Fond is a prude's word, Ben. You fancy her. That's what you say. You fancy Miss Library something painful. And who knows?" She grinned, gap-toothed, like the Wife of Bath. "Maybe she fancies you.”
“I still felt fondness for her - fondness, that pleasant, detached mix of admiration and sentiment, appreciation and nostalgia.”
“Life is messy,” Dr. Lau was fond of saying. “Deal with it. If you’re judging it, you’re not really seeing it.”