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Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes

For a while, I thought I was going mad. At last, I became reconciled to my despair. The medications helped, too, I thought, sir Picture Quote #1

One foot in front of the other, wasn’t that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age Picture Quote #1

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say Picture Quote #1

There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing Picture Quote #1

I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him Picture Quote #1

Don’t wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you’re best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are Picture Quote #1

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Not that I haven’t leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It’s sustaining the altitude that defeats me Picture Quote #1

Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward Picture Quote #1

The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid Picture Quote #1

I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given Picture Quote #1

Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn’t going to supply it Picture Quote #1

We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn’t even know it Picture Quote #1

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Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid Picture Quote #1

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places Picture Quote #1

I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on Picture Quote #1

His outflung hands traced over the threads of his rug, passed loop by loop through some patient woman’s hands. Or maybe she hadn’t been patient. Maybe she’d been tired, or irritated, or distracted, or hungry, or angry. Maybe she had been dying. But her hands had kept moving, all the same Picture Quote #1

All the worry people expend over not existing after they die, yet nary a one ever seems to spare a moment to worry about not having existed before they were conceived. Or at all. After all, one sperm over and we would have been our sisters, and we’d never have been missed Picture Quote #1

Any man can be kind when he is comfortable. I’d always thought kindness a trivial virtue, therefore. But when we were hungry, thirsty, sick, frightened, with our deaths shouting at us, in the heart of horror, you were still as unfailingly courteous as a gentleman at ease before his own hearth Picture Quote #1

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All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self Picture Quote #1

If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works more of the time Picture Quote #1

If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I’d already lost it Picture Quote #1

Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you Picture Quote #1

I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction Picture Quote #1

I have an aversion to closed doors anyway. You never know what’s on the other side Picture Quote #1

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Most days it’s just stumbling around in the dark with the rest of creation, smashing into things and wondering why it hurts Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid. The dead cannot hurt you. They give you no pain, except that of seeing your own death in their faces. and one can face that, I find Picture Quote #1

You can’t choose between evil and evil, in the dark, by logic. You can only cling to some safety line of principle Picture Quote #1

I have no right to risk. No, that’s not quite correct. I have no right to failure. and I don’t trust myself anymore. I don’t know what’s happened to my edge. Lost it in a strange land Picture Quote #1

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We’re not giving up. We’re waiting for a better opportunity to win Picture Quote #1

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For a while, I thought I was going mad. At last, I became reconciled to my despair. The medications helped, too, I thought, sir (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) One foot in front of the other, wasn’t that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) There was no limit to what one man might do, if he gave all, and held back nothing (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Don’t wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you’re best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Not that I haven’t leaped up into the blinding light of competence now and then. It’s sustaining the altitude that defeats me (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn’t going to supply it (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn’t even know it (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) His outflung hands traced over the threads of his rug, passed loop by loop through some patient woman’s hands. Or maybe she hadn’t been patient. Maybe she’d been tired, or irritated, or distracted, or hungry, or angry. Maybe she had been dying. But her hands had kept moving, all the same (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) All the worry people expend over not existing after they die, yet nary a one ever seems to spare a moment to worry about not having existed before they were conceived. Or at all. After all, one sperm over and we would have been our sisters, and we’d never have been missed (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Any man can be kind when he is comfortable. I’d always thought kindness a trivial virtue, therefore. But when we were hungry, thirsty, sick, frightened, with our deaths shouting at us, in the heart of horror, you were still as unfailingly courteous as a gentleman at ease before his own hearth (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works more of the time (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I’d already lost it (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I have an aversion to closed doors anyway. You never know what’s on the other side (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Most days it’s just stumbling around in the dark with the rest of creation, smashing into things and wondering why it hurts (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) 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 (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Don’t be afraid. The dead cannot hurt you. They give you no pain, except that of seeing your own death in their faces. and one can face that, I find (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) You can’t choose between evil and evil, in the dark, by logic. You can only cling to some safety line of principle (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) I have no right to risk. No, that’s not quite correct. I have no right to failure. and I don’t trust myself anymore. I don’t know what’s happened to my edge. Lost it in a strange land (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes) Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We’re not giving up. We’re waiting for a better opportunity to win (Lois McMaster Bujold Quotes)

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