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Funny: Chalion

They're Bujold novels, so even in the middle of horrible circumstances someone is bound to make a wise crack.

Dondo dy Journal's funeral. The Daughter of Spring made it clear how well he served her as the Holy General of her order, and it went downhill from there.
"Rise and ride, Captain Sunshine!"
"You're her reward!"
After being run through the belly with the Archchancellor's sword, Cazaril calmly asks to see Betriz before they remove it.
"You can't just sit there with a sword in your gut"
(reasonably) "Well I surely cannot move."

Liss' complete inability to do a Lady's hair properly, but when prompted she rattles off a dozen ways to do up a horse's mane.
Having just been rescued after two days and 100 miles of uncomfortable captivity, Ista has some simple requests:
Ista: "I want... a piece of bread and a bedroll."
Ferda: "This rough camp is no place for your repose-"
Ista: "Any bread. Any bedroll."
Ferda: "There may be some women I can find for your attendants, but they are not what you are used to-"
Ista: "Your bedroll would do."
Ferda: "Royina, I-"
Ista: "If you do not give me a bedroll at once, I am going to sit down on the ground right here and start to cry. Now."
"I do not have the energy to stand up, or get to my feet for that matter."