“A modest frugal retirement for a loyal Imperial bureaucrat?” said Pidge. “And yet your mother so wealthy.” “Doesn’t bother her,” Ivan said… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“He told Mark he’s courting her in secret,” Martya put in to the Vorbrettens. “It’s a secret from her. We’re all still… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Professora.” Miles ducked a nod to her, smiling in turn. “Is she here? Is she in? Is she well? You said this… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Are you saying I should run after her?” “Crawl, actually, if I were you,” recommended Aral. “Crawl fast. Slither under her door,… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“It would be almost a public service to dangle the alternatives in front of the widow before Miles got her mind all… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“So . . . if you spurned a miracle because it seemed to come too easily, would you ever get another? She… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Back in what he was starting to think of as their cabinet, Miles encountered Ekaterin returning from the shower, dressed again in… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Welcome to my gates, Ista dy Chalion. I am the Mother of Jokona.” Her hand lifted from the girl’s head, flicked out,… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“But gifts can be victories, can’t they. It’s what you said. The garden could have been your gift, a dowry of talent,… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Miles’s pause had lasted just a little too long. Genially taking his turn to fill it, Illyan turned to Ekaterin. “Speaking of… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“You would -- you would take him into Your heaven, my lord?" asked Ingrey in astonishment and outrage. "He slew, not in… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Ekaterin glanced back over her shoulder. “He didn’t look very well this morning, Pym. You really shouldn’t have let him get out… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“—but not to you. That makes me the only person here who can talk to everybody. How . . . nice. Do tell me about… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Is your claustrophobia better now?” Delia asked Ivan Xav, more in a tone of curiosity than concern. Ivan Xav gritted his teeth.… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Vormurtos leaned on the frame with his arms crossed, and failed to move aside. At Miles's polite, "Excuse us, please," Vormurtos pursed… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Aunt Lorna buys all our shoes big to grow into," Mina explained to Miles-san. "That's why they slip around like that." Lieutenant… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Rish glanced uneasily at the outside door. “We can’t stay here. Someone else could come in or out at any moment. Better… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Tej nodded again. “Then he turned up on my front steps. I thought he might be a capper stalking me. So I… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Wait." He paused, and she held out a hand to him. His thick fingers engulfed her tapering ones; his skin was warm… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Mysterious death, yes, you suspected something even then, I knew it!” With a wave of his hand, he overrode her hasty attempt… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“It reminded him of that definition of his father's. A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I was imagining the most bizarre things befalling you.” “Did they include a six-hundred-pound ice bear and a pirate poet?” “No…” “Then they weren’t… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“No, amusing me only, I wonder if they realize how they are used?" "Not a bit. They think they are the emperors of creation."… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“You bastards are on the top of Imperial Lord Auditor Miles Vorkosigan's very own shit list now, you bet. But under what name? Only… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Anyway, if the Cetagandans really wanted to assassinate you, they'd hardly do it here. They'd slip something subtle under your skin that wouldn't go… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen?” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“I think it is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an addiction to one’s god.”… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
