I do not know where I am going. But I am quite weary enough of where I’ve been. - Lois McMaster Bujold

“Women shouldn’t be in combat,” said Vorkosigan, grimly glum.
“Neither should men, in my opinion.”

Something I did not know at twenty,” said Nikys slowly, “that I do know at thirty, is that when a woman marries a man, she marries his life. And it had better be the life she wants to lead.

He consoled himself with the reflection that it was seldom he found himself in company who made him feel this stupid. It was probably good for his soul.