were significantly more

“Other folk thought the Rage was simple bloodlust, a berserk savagery that neither knew nor cared what its target was, and so it was…

— David Weber

“There's a reason I've always relied on you for the necessary political miracles, Emily," Hamish told her with a smile. "Give me a fleet…

— David Weber

“Admiralty House was a modest structure, only a little over a hundred stories in height,”

— David Weber

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

— David Weber

Henke sensed her terrifying aptitude for destruction as never before. Henke had feared for her sanity; now she knew the truth was almost worse…

— David Weber

“than he expects. But it's a purely brute force approach”

— David Weber

Oh, bother!,” said Pooh, as Piglet came back from the dead.

— David Weber

“Well, thank the gods,' he sighed. 'Oh? And what would it be you're thanking them for?' Bahzell inquired, and Brandark grinned. 'For making roads…

— David Weber

“Apparently, for some reason known only to themselves, these people... have chosen to cling to hydrocarbon-fueled power generation well past the point at which…

— David Weber

Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled, or dead?

— David Weber

It was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted.

— David Weber

“The bigger the lie, apparently, the more likely the uninformed were to accept it,”

— David Weber

“that was about as good as it was going to get this side of a hot tub, a good-looking man, and a chocolate milkshake.”

— David Weber

“as it did. The crest said "PNS Farnese" and that always irritated him. After all, the battlecruiser wasn't a Navy ship; she belonged to…

— David Weber

Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.

— David Weber