" The matron glanced at the old man and suppressed a smile. “He is absolutely miserable.”

“I enjoy miserable. It gives one a contrast to all the delectabilities of life. But is he housebroken, inpala? He is rather rumpled. He will look well on my ship, but will he wash well? Do professors fray as a general rule? I will not have my ship looking ragged.”

“They do tend to fade after a few years of hard use. "

― Michelle Franklin