More from Lois McMaster Bujold

  1. 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.
  2. There is a subtle difference between being a prisoner and being a slave. I don't mistake either for being free.
  3. The wounded want power, nothing else; they think it will keep them from being hurt again.
  4. 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…
  5. Biology is Destiny
  6. There are a number of people in the universe I'd be willing to double-cross, but my own wounded aren't among 'em.
  7. Total strangers trying to kill me make me feel right at home.
  8. I can't quit, once I've started. I've been told I'm pathologically persistent. I can't quit.

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