For all the "proper" young ladies of my acquaintance

[sanalith]

"A well-bred lady must be prepared in all things. It is not enough to simply excel at needlepoint. She must also be equipped to lead a nation. She should know how to gossip effectively, barter for mercenaries, plan a feast, skewer an assassin, comfort a sick child, and lead a cavalry charge."

-from A Young Woman's Primer, by Andreca Orden-Cooves

Comments

[slapdashingly]

heheheeee...

Dying gallantly is the most important part!

[omlteaufromage]

Who knew Robert Heinlein was so right?

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

(Sorry, followed you from a few friends we had in common. :))

Re: Dying gallantly is the most important part!

[sanalith]

Ha! That's totally awesome, I love it! And I agree, dying gallantly is definitely the most important!

And I totally love meeting friends of friends! It's good times ^__^