I did get the nickname 'craptain' from the Yorkshire…

“It was wonderful flirting with him, all the razor-edged literary banter, like Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A battle of wit,…

— Elizabeth Wein

“ Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck."…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

“Courting a princess does come with a few perks. Such as an immortal madwoman chasing us to the ends of the realm." "Yeah… Sorry…

— K.V. Wilson

“First, I’m going to teach you how to Irish Whip someone.” “Oh, that sounds kinky. I want my safeword to be peaches,” I said,…

— Kyle Adams

“Jimmy was in a league of his own when it came to puerile, half-pissed badinage.”

— Jamie Holoran

“Abe held my gaze a bit longer and then broke into an easy smile. ʺOf course, of course. This is a family gathering. A…

— Richelle Mead

“See the healer, Sage. We have a big week ahead of us, and I can’t afford you falling dead on me.” “I don’t think…

— Hannah Nicole Maehrer

“Took long enough,” she called out, not wanting to admit how the sight of him made her throat hitch, how the man was so…

— Katherine McIntyre

“I want to go to a café and sit with you. I want you to order something I've never eaten before and tease me…

— Kathleen Tessaro

Sometimes things are said on the pitch that people won't see at home. There's a bit of banter on the pitch as well.

— Danny Welbeck

“Neil Mars?! I could blame him for having killer looks but he could not be faulted for this. He couldn’t have chosen that name…

— Rucy Ban

That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated…

— Manu Joseph

Banter is a great way of breaking the ice.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

“No one says too much and what is said is only light-hearted and bantering because we want to preserve our advantage over fear. Fear…

— Sebastian Barry

“Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?" I don't hate you." Could've fooled me." She folded her cap of invisibility. "Look...we're just…

— Rick Riordan