"Haven't you always wanted to be the glamorous favorite eunuch of the emperor? Wear silks and swan around and write poetry and perform exquisitely beautiful etiquette?"

"I wouldn't say it was unappealing, but there are certain things eunuchs do miss out on."

"Common myth, actually, eunuchs can orgasm."

"...huh. Point retracted, then."

"The only issue is with children, which I view as more of an advantage, don't you darling." She wrinkles her nose.

"Someone, somewhere, has to continue the species, unfortunately."

"My dreadful brother and his horrid children can do it."

"If someone's got to do A Duty, may as well be people like him who like it."