Quote #33

Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you.

More from Lois McMaster Bujold

  1. The wounded want power, nothing else; they think it will keep them from being hurt again.
  2. Men may move mountains, but ideas move men.
  3. Biology is Destiny
  4. There is a subtle difference between being a prisoner and being a slave. I don't mistake either for being free.
  5. I can't quit, once I've started. I've been told I'm pathologically persistent. I can't quit.
  6. The loonies who sought a glorious death in battle found it very early on. This rapidly cleared the chain of command of the accumulated fool…
  7. Let he who is without sin cast the first lure.
  8. There are a number of people in the universe I'd be willing to double-cross, but my own wounded aren't among 'em.

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