" What’s in the box? Not a severed head—again—I trust?” It seemed too small for that, fortunately. Cordelia’s gray eyes glinted. “Now, now, Oliver. Bring home one dismembered body part, once, mind you, once, and people get twitchy about checking your luggage ever after. "

― Lois McMaster Bujold , Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga, #16)