Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon Quotes
Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!
I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.
Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.
And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?