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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“Five gods avert,” said Rede. And then, after a pensive moment, “Do They?”
“Not that I can tell,” said Pen. “I’ve sometimes wondered if the gods regard death not as a dreaded ending, but as a welcome beginning.”
“Of what?”
“I am deeply not sure. Which doesn’t stop people from making up a thousand tales.”

The Physicians of Vilnoc (2020)

“It’s important that someone celebrate our existence,” she objected amiably. “People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.”

Mirror Dance (1994)

It was lately suggested to me, by a man with longer experience of the gods than I can rightly imagine, that the reason the gods do not show our paths more plainly is that They do not know either. I haven’t decided if I find this reassuring or the reverse. It does hint they do not torment us solely for Their amusement, at least.

The Hallowed Hunt (2005)

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