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Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?"

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with."

War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.




Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive."

Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "One step at a time, I can walk around the world. Watch me."

One step at a time, I can walk around the world. Watch me.




Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable."

You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument."

Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid."

Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.




Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing."

When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself."

I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility."

You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me."

Not that I haven't leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It's sustaining the altitude that defeats me.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?"

Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?




Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins."

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind."

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?"

How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Honor is what you know about yourself."

Honor is what you know about yourself.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns."

One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later."

Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other."

Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures."

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining ."

Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you."

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward."

Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was."

I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?"

Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it."

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them."

Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too."

Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack."

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter."

A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal."

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business."

The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it."

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age."

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you."

And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back."

I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given."

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone."

There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it."

I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "He's not too short. He's just... concentrated."

He's not too short. He's just... concentrated.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth."

The most important thing about quests, he decided, was not in finding what you went looking for, but in finding what you never could have imagined before you ventured forth.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me."

I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him."

I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "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."

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.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference."

When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "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."

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.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it."

Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.



Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be."

It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.