Allison

“I knew you’d make a champion wife, love!’
‘On the contrary! My husband will live under the cat’s foot.’
‘I’m very partial to cats,’ offered the Major hopefully.”
― Georgette Heyer, The Unknown Ajax

“It should be there!” Granger exclaims. “What’s the point of a library if it’s incomplete!”
― Flamethrower, Of a Linear Circle - Part VI

“A skilled calligrapher named OfficeMax,” Julian muttered, but Emma didn’t smile at him.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“On the morning that she left the Water Gardens, her father rose from his chair to kiss her on both cheeks. "The fate of Dorne goes with you, daughter," he said, as he pressed the parchment into her hand. "Go swiftly, go safely, be my eyes and ears and voice... but most of all, take care."
"I will, Father." She did not shed a tear. Arianne Martell was a princess of Dorne, and Dornishmen did not waste water lightly. It was a near thing, though. It was not her father's kisses nor his hoarse words that made her eyes glisten, but the effort that brought him to his feet, his legs trembling under him, his joints swollen and inflamed with gout. Standing was an act of love. Standing was an act of faith.
He believes in me. I will not fail him.”
― George R.R. Martin, The Winds of Winter