I don’t confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.
Quotes from Mirror Dance — Lois McMaster Bujold
born 1949 United States
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22 quotes
Don’t attempt to camouflage your real blame by taking more than your share.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Lady Peace is the first hostage taken when economic discomfort rises.
Mirror Dance (1994)
You can tell you’re alive when somebody touches you back.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Mirror Dance (1994)
Never give aversion therapy to a masochist. The results are unpredictable.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Mirror Dance (1994)
Mirror Dance (1994)
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I grant you he’s a genius, but don’t you dare try to tell me he’s sane.
Mirror Dance (1994)
They hesitated. Ah, the downside of perfect obedience: crippled initiative.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Be careful who you pretend to be. You might become it.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Yet being beaten by your student was the ultimate victory, for a teacher.
Mirror Dance (1994)
His taste for heavily-armed girlfriends did have potential drawbacks.
Mirror Dance (1994)
If anyone was sane here, he swore it was by accident.
Mirror Dance (1994)
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Mirror Dance (1994)
Mirror Dance (1994)
I don’t regret knowing myself, ma’am. I don’t even regret…being myself.
Mirror Dance (1994)
Mirror Dance (1994)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lois McMaster Bujold (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.