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Lois McMaster Bujold on Wedding

born 1949 United States

← All quotes by Lois McMaster Bujold

10 quotes

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can’t trade for your heart’s desire is your heart.

Memory (1996)

Maybe only love gave you more than what you’d dealt for.

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012)

Even love is not as strong as habit, eh?

A Civil Campaign (1999)

“No money, but she’s beautiful, and her blood lines are impeccable.”
“Are you choosing a wife, or buying a horse?”

A Civil Campaign (1999)

Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.

I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.

The Vorkosigan Companion (2008)

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

Barrayar (1991)

A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

Paladin of Souls (2003)

Love was long gone, in her. She got by on a starvation diet of loyalty these days.

Komarr (1998)

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.

Shards of Honor (1986)

Attribution

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