“You think he’s a genius?” she said, raising her eyebrows. … - Lois McMaster Bujold

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“You think he’s a genius?” she said, raising her eyebrows. The high Vor twit?”
“I don’t know him quite well enough, yet. But I suspect so, a part of the time.”
“Can you be a genius part of the time?”
“All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters.”

Lois McMaster Bujold

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Lois McMaster Bujold (born 2 November 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works, most noted for the works in her Vorkosigan Saga.

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All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters.

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