“I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.”
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Famous Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: Diplomatic Immunity
“You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.”
Source: Cordelia's Honor
“One step at a time, I can walk around the world. Watch me.”
“A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.”
Source: Cordelia's Honor
Source: A Civil Campaign
“Adversity does teach who your real friends are.”
Source: A Civil Campaign
“The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.”
“It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.”
Source: Memory (Hardcover)
“Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.”
“When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.”
Source: The Vorkosigan Companion
“My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.”
Source: A Civil Campaign
“If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.”
Source: Vorkosigan's Game
Source: Cordelia's Honor
“For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.”
“I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.”
“I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.”