" I am very fond of pigeons. I admire of them that they are large and yet they do not continually bully the sparrows. They also keep their tongues within their teeth and do not argue politics at one continually through the day and night. Do not be the natural historian and tell me pigeons do not have teeth.'

'I would argue instead that pigeons do not have politics. "

― Joanna Bourne , The Spymaster's Lady (Spymasters, #1)