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The princess-archdivine once quipped to me that our friends are what the gods give us to make up for our families.

— Lois McMaster Bujold Masquerade in Lodi (2020)

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One learns better than to hand one's choices to fear. With age, with every wound and scar, one learns.

Paladin of Souls (2003)

I for one find a casual destruction of a man's life even more repugnant than a determined one.

The Curse of Chalion (2000)

If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I’d already lost it.

Shards of Honor (1986)

If you make it plain you like people, it’s hard for them to resist liking you back.

Diplomatic Immunity (2002)

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.

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