Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes

born 1949 United States

Lois McMaster Bujold (born 2 November 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works, most noted for the works in her Vorkosigan Saga.

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Also known as: Bujold, Lois McMaster

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The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers, you know.

The Curse of Chalion (2000)

We make our own luck. And it’s my responsibility to see it’s good and not bad.

Falling Free (1988)

Only five days on this benighted world, and already total strangers are trying to kill me.
Sadly, it wasn’t even a record.

Cryoburn (2010)

I don’t want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.

Barrayar (1991)

If nothing else, the arrival of actual children replaces theory with practice. And time to fret with…lack of time to breathe, sometimes.

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (2016)

It’s been a long time since I wagered so much on a single throw. Though if I’m to revisit the desperation of my youth, I want the body back, too.

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012)

He consoled himself with the reflection that it was seldom he found himself in company who made him feel this stupid. It was probably good for his soul.

Komarr (1998)

Let me help. Rhymes with I love you, right?

Barrayar (1991)

She could be the only person on Barrayar to automatically put Gregor the man before Gregor the emperor. All our ranks look like optical illusions to her, I think.

The Vor Game (1990)

“Well, I don’t hate him. I can’t say I worship him, either.” She paused a long time, and looked up to meet her mother’s eyes squarely. “But when he’s cut, I bleed.”

Shards of Honor (1986)

“You must learn to kill if you expect to survive.”
“No you don’t," Miles put in. "Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.”

Brothers in Arms (1989)

Wikipedia is so dangerous. You go online to look up the definition of eclampsia, and three hours later you find yourself reading this earnest explanation of tentacle porn in anime.

So slight a compression of the lips, and widening of the eyes, to convey so much amusement and contempt.

Brothers in Arms (1989)

Was winning all he really wanted? Or did he still want also to be seen to have won? And by whom?

Memory (1996)

“Not treason,” haut Pel objected faintly. “As such.”
“Unsanctioned unilateral redesign, then.”

Diplomatic Immunity (2002)

Cynicism did not seem nearly so impressively daring to her now as it had when she was twenty.

Komarr (1998)

He had his idea-fixee now, and its ramifications and his rage were an effective block against incoming data.

Labyrinth (1989)

General. Prudence is one thing. Paranoia that can’t tell friend from foe is quite another.

Memory (1996)

There were security angles, political angles, personal angles—how many angles could dance on the head of a pin?

Diplomatic Immunity (2002)

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

Cordelia's Honor (1996)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lois McMaster Bujold (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.