If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I’d already lost it.
Quotes from Shards of Honor — Lois McMaster Bujold
born 1949 United States
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I’ve always felt that theists were more ruthless than atheists.
Shards of Honor (1986)
What a strange world you must live in, inside your head.
Shards of Honor (1986)
The old customs are dead, and we keep trying on new ones, like badly fitting clothes.
Shards of Honor (1986)
Captains may come and captains may go, but the administration goes on forever.
Shards of Honor (1986)
An honor is not diminished for being shared.
Shards of Honor (1986)
A person’s things can be a kind of exterior morphology of their mind.
Shards of Honor (1986)
“Women shouldn’t be in combat,” said Vorkosigan, grimly glum.
“Neither should men, in my opinion.”
Shards of Honor (1986)
I have an aversion to closed doors anyway. You never know what’s on the other side.
Shards of Honor (1986)
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So in the physics of the heart, distance is relative; it’s time that’s absolute.
Shards of Honor (1986)
“Anybody ever tell you you’re a lunatic?”
“Not in this context.”
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I’m sure we’d all rather be clever than brave.
Shards of Honor (1986)
Shards of Honor (1986)
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She took the story in like some strange, spiked gift, too fragile to drop, too painful to hold.
Shards of Honor (1986)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lois McMaster Bujold (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.