Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes

“You have the instincts of a gentleman, Ivan,” said Miles, absorbed in breaking into the coded files. “How did you ever get into security?

“What’s a call girl?” asked Tej, her brows crimping in puzzlement.
“Uh…” Ivan sought a translation. “Like a Betan licensed practical sexuality therapist, only without the licensed and the therapy parts.”

She considered the familiar conundrum inherent in complimenting a child for doing something well in the course of what ought not to have been done at all, and kept her peace.

Shooting people to keep them from dying had logical flaws obvious to everyone.

Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.

Truth is always War’s first victim, the old saying went.

Are we not all called on to yield our children back to the world, in the end?

It’s not that I’m not upset; it’s just that I’m too tired to run up and down the corridor screaming.

It’s been a long time since I wagered so much on a single throw. Though if I’m to revisit the desperation of my youth, I want the body back, too.

Those who are unwilling to admit error are fated to repeat it?

Oh, fine new friends you have—until They betray you. If the gods toy with you, cousin, it is for Their ends, not yours.

I can’t quit, once I’ve started. I’ve been told I’m pathologically persistent. I can’t quit.

Four thousand, so many! It matters less where I begin, as that I begin.

Power corrupts, but we want energy.

I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.