Quotes from Lois McMaster Bujold

The Lady of Spring must love you dearly." "As a teamster loves his mule that carries his baggage," said Cazaril bitterly, "whipping it over the high passes.

Were you BORN inhuman or did you grow so by degrees?! MS, MD, PHD?

reputatia este ceea ce stiu altii despre tine, onoarea este ceea ce stii tu despre tine.

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force—

The problem has just suddenly become a lot more interesting. Er, difficult. It's just become a bit more difficult.

You looked a god in the eyes and bore witness for me, by which alone I am preserved." She took a deep breath, through his mouth. "You looked a god in the eyes. And spoke for me. There is nothing in my power that I will ever refuse you, after that.

Anyway, if the Cetagandans really wanted to assassinate you, they'd hardly do it here. They'd slip something subtle under your skin that wouldn't go off for six months, and then would drop you mysteriously and untraceably in your tracks

When he invited me to come for the Winterfair season I wasn't sure if it was hunting or social. and whether I should pack weapons or dresses. Lady Vorpatril's smile sharpened. Dresses are weapons, my dear, in sufficiently skilled hands.

Heroes. They sprang up around him like weeds. A carrier, he was seemingly unable to catch the disease he spread.

You have more years ahead of you now than Pejar, half your age, whom we buried outside these walls these two days past. Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare.

So, Lord Auditor Coz. Did you find some fun? Do I look cheerful? More like manic. It's a joy, Ivan, an absolute joy. The ImpSec internal Security system is lying to me.

At some stage of development an officer had to stop following orders and start generating them.

The future is happening right here, every day. You can swim or you can drown, but you can't choose not to be in the flood. I suppose the real insight is that it's always been that way.

If you don't understand something, you should just try to learn more, that's all.

The world is made by the people who show up for the job

Koudelka puzzled over this attempted readjustment of his point of view, then let it bounce harmlessly off his impermeable habits of thought.

Yes. Now, you had that doctorate in Barrayaran history. Do any really interesting District succession squabbles spring to your memory?" "Lord Midnight the horse," Galeni replied at once. "Who always voted 'neigh.' 

I know my limits. No one knows their limits till they've gone beyond them.

I will tell you, parenting is a team sport. You need backup, reserves.

It's never too late to save something," he said sternly. "Might not be what you wanted, is all.

She took the story in like some strange, spiked gift, too fragile to drop, too painful to hold.

So what's the test? Ah, that's the trick of it. It's not a test. It's real life.

My word was too easy to give, too hard to keep.

Yes, of course. Tomorrow . . . or you can call me whenever you're ready. You have my number?" "Yes, you gave me several of them back on Komarr. I still have them.