Kent Corlain

“She was a troublemaker and a sneak. Insubordinate, vicious. A foul-mouthed, cat-eyed little misfit.”
― Marc Behm, Eye of the Beholder

“Now grandfather Satan’s wife was called Phyllis: and apart from having wings like a bat’s, she was the loveliest little slip of devilishness that Jurgen had seen in a long while.”
― James Branch Cabell, Jurgen A Comedy of Justice

“War doesn’t have a kingdom,” she said. “War belongs to the whole world. Come on, my little scarlet Horseman. Have a drink.”
― Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History

“There aren’t any ‘warriors’ on a battlefield.” Her scornful voice ran on, trembling, in rough Carthaginian, and she let it: “There’s you and your buddy, and you and your mates, and you and your boss. A lance. The smallest unit on the field is eight or ten men. Nobody’s a hero on their own. One man alone out there is dead meat.”
― Mary Gentle, Ash: A Secret History