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Quotes from The Mountains of Mourning — Lois McMaster Bujold

born 1949 United States

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8 quotes

Ordinary people need extraordinary examples.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

The old ones are fighting it. They call it off planet corruption, but it’s really the future they fear.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

How small those mountains looked from space!

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

Aren’t family squabbles jolly fun? Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

I know you have courage, and I know you have will. The rest is just picking yourself up and ramming into the wall again and again until it falls down.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

Yeah, so I’m short. But wait’ll you see me dance.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

The trick of handling horses isn’t to be faster than the horse, or stronger than the horse. That pits your weakness against his strengths. The trick is to be smarter than the horse. That pits your strength against his weakness, eh?

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

The fundamental principle was clear: the spirit was to be preferred over the letter, truth over technicalities. Precedent was held subordinate to the judgment of the man on the spot. Alas, the man on the spot was himself. There was no refuge for him in automated rules, no hiding behind the law says as if the law were some living overlord with a real Voice. The only voice here was his own.

The Mountains of Mourning (1989)

Attribution

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