Source: Young Miles
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Famous Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes
Source: Miles Errant
“Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.”
Source: Miles Errant
Source: Young Miles
“Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.”
“There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing.”
Source: Miles Errant
“Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.”
Source: Cordelia's Honor
“Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.”
Source: Komarr
“On the sixth day God saw He couldn't do it all, so He created ENGINEERS”
“When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.”
Source: A Civil Campaign
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: Young Miles
Source: Cryoburn
“Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished.”
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: Young Miles
Source: Miles Errant
“The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.”
“Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.”
Source: A Civil Campaign
Source: Cordelia's Honor
“Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.”
“Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward.”
Source: Komarr
“Change is possible.' 'Change is inevitable.”
Source: Cordelia's Honor
“Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.”
Source: Young Miles
“I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.”
“I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.”
Source: A Civil Campaign