Caylah Coffeen

“Look first! Listen first! Questions later.”
― Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor

“Come now, I hear you called him a soft-spoken hypocrite. What did he call you to prompt that?'
Cliopher bit his lip. 'A reasonable man.'
'A strike to the heart! My dear Kip, do not look so mulish. I would never stoop so low as to call you reasonable. You are quite the most radical idealist I have ever known-or at least, the only sane one.”
― Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor

“I took a coaster without being told. Ann was very particular about rings on the highly polished oak table. The coaster I'd selected was imprinted with a close-up of bin Laden, after SEAL Team Six had finished with him. James liked to keep mementos from operations he'd had a hand in, and since wearing a necklace of ears was no longer in vogue, he'd settled for specially designed coasters.”
― Don Bentley, Without Sanction

“Who is this who comes out of the sunrise?”
― Victoria Goddard, The Hands of the Emperor