"Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" 
"They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck." 
--
"There's no need to clarify my finger snap," said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itself." 
― Cassandra Clare, 

^^Emperor's Edge^^

Why, Sicarius, is it possible you have a playful side beneath your razor-edged knives, severe black clothing and humourless glares?" 
― 
"Trust me, I never underestimate my charm or any of my other magnificent attributes. They work great on women. Alas, men tend to see me as an unwelcome rival. You, he might listen to. You're good at talking people into things."

"What makes you say that?"

"Because I'm perched in the rafters of a cannery, at risk from a man-slaying magical creature, and spending time with a drunk, a gangster, and an assassin at . . . what time is it?" 
― Lindsay Buroker, The Emperor's Edge

"You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to bore legions of enemy troops to death."  
- Lindsay Buroker