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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Pen cleared his throat. “Do you normally try to murder people you’ve just met?” Although that was what a soldier did, he supposed.

Penric's Fox (2017)

The shocked silence that followed was decidedly baffled. And even, possibly, a little thoughtful, if that was not too much to hope.

Paladin of Souls (2003)

The facts appear to be mutating every forty minutes. like bacteria.

The Vor Game (1990)

Let me tell you, young man—the dirty little secret of democracy is that just because you get a vote, doesn’t mean you get your choice.

Cryoburn (2010)

But exile, for no other motive than ease—that would be to give up all hope of honor. The last defeat, with no seed of future victory in it.

Shards of Honor (1986)

I was never a mercenary, not ever. Not for one single minute.

Memory (1996)

Beware of wishing for justice. You might get it.

The Vor Game (1990)

It only takes one nutcase to decide that you, not he, are the reason his life sucks, and set out to even the score. Nutcases are not in short supply here.

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (2016)

You’re worse than evil. You’re inefficient.

Penric's Mission (2016)

God’s not here. Somebody’s got to fill in.

Falling Free (1988)

From fried witchetty grubs to gold-plated turnips, when you're a writer you never know what's going to appear on your plate next. It keeps a woman alert, it does.

The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)

A few other works, half of which turn out to be rubbish. Always a problem with written sources, which frequently tell you far more about the person who wrote them than the subject addressed.

Penric's Fox (2017)

Old age is slower than a grenade, but a lot more thorough.

Life with women did not just induce strange behavior, it appeared; it induced very strange behavior.

Ethan of Athos (1986)

There are weapons all around us here, we just don’t recognize them because we call them “tools.”

Falling Free (1988)

I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.

The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)

And you could just watch men begin to see what he told them they were seeing, whether it was there or not.

The Curse of Chalion (2000)

“Can you be paranoid about being paranoid?”
She smiled sweetly. “If anyone can, it’s you.”

Brothers in Arms (1989)

“Is this guy for real?”
“He thinks he’s faking it,” said Suegar blandly, “but he’s not.”

The Borders of Infinity (1987)

Their good fortune, Mark decided, was divided exactly fifty-fifty; Miles got the good luck, and he got the rest.

Mirror Dance (1994)

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