Quotes from bujold lois mcmaster iii

One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including -- or perhaps especially -- the failures.

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.

I learned long ago not to exhaust myself grappling problems that time will carry away on its tide.

At the moment I have very little evidence and lots of theories. I'm itching to reverse the proportions.

Is it still a victory if you don't get the credit?

Between justice and genocide there is, in the long run, no middle ground.

Pain hurts, sir. I don't court it.

Some saw stars, it seemed, and some saw the spaces between them.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

If you can't win, change the game.

Why shouldn't a madman dream of being sane?

Some places have religion. Here we have safety drills.

They are the most insidious propagandists ever to cloak self-serving greed with pseudo-patriotism.

Captains may come and captains may go, but the administration goes on forever.

It's never too late while you're breathing.

I wouldn't be lying. I'd just be editing my report for length.