Firefly

[Book quotes warrior-poet and dictator Xiang Yu to Simon.]

Book:
He said, "Live with a man forty years. Share his house, his meals… speak on every subject… then tie him up, and hold him over the volcano's edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man."

Simon:
What if you don't live near a volcano?

Book:
I expect he was being poetical.

Simon:
Sadistic crap legitimized by florid prose. Tell me you're not a fan.

Book:
I'm just wondering if they were. The people who did this to your sister.

Simon:
The government did this to her.

Book:
A government is a body of people; usually, notably ungoverned.

Simon:
Now you're quoting the Captain.

. . .

Book:
Yes, I'd forgotten—you're moon-lighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned?

Simon:
No. But, I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.