The Night's Dawn Trilogy/Funny

"Joshua Calvert, after being arrested a second time by the same person: "Can't get enough of me, can you? So what is it this time? A million-fuseodollar fine for littering? Ten years hard labour for not returning my empties to the bar? Penal colony exile for farting in public?""
 * It stands as a testament to humanity's superior nature that even in the face of a galactic Armageddon, some people can still make witty comebacks:

""Goodbye to that goddamn pain in the ass Confederation!""
 * delivers this one in 1920's style:

"""Lagrange Calvert meeting a ! What a spectacle! We should be able to see that clash of egos from this side of the [Orion] nebula."""
 * How about:

""I've always been a massive admirer of the Edenist ability to understate. But I think defining a as a little problem is possibly the best example yet." "I never said little.""
 * This exchange:

""The captain wanted to protest, but somehow the sight of a serjeant wearing slim purple sunglasses and a paisley-patterned backpack stopped the words from coming out.""
 * Hamilton has a way with these things; FYI a "serjeant" is a humanoid bitek soldier clad in crab-like armor: