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Lois McMaster Bujold, born on November 2, 1949, is an American science fiction author known for her profound philosophical insights, complex character development, and unique narrative style. Her most famous work is the 'Vorkosigan Saga', a series that has won multiple science fiction literary awards.

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Famous Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes

“He’d slam his fist into the wall in frustration but the wall was sure to slam back with greater devastation.”

Funny Pain Anger

Book:The Vor Game

Source: The Vor Game

“But when he’s cut, I bleed.”

Love Pain Empathy

Book:Shards of Honour

Source: Shards of Honour

“If the gods saw people’s souls but not their bodies, in mirror to the way people saw bodies but not souls, it might explain why the gods were so careless of such things as appearance, or other bodily functions. Such as pain? Was pain an illusion, from the gods’ point of view? Perhaps heaven was not a place, but merely an angle of view, a vantage, a perspective.”

Soul Pain Religion Faith Heaven Perspective Illusion Metaphysics

Book:The Curse of Chalion

Source: The Curse of Chalion

“You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.”

Ifs Men Should Wanted Pain Happiness Fall Should Have Fallen Breathtaking Happy Man

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.”

I Can Pain Share Love You Judging Sorry Grieving I'm Sorry

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“But pain seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?”

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Author:Lois McMaster Bujold

“When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy.”

Made Soul Pain Darkness Holy Glory Garden Prize Treasured

Author:Lois McMaster Bujold

“The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it.”

Pain Faces Embrace

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“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.”

People Thinking Pain Poor Half Madness Strategy Annoying

Book:Miles Errant

Source: Miles Errant

“Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.”

Pain Joy Universe Endure Cordelia

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

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Born: November 2, 1949
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Quotes: 232

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