--- title: "21 Gaze Quotes By Lois McMaster Bujold" description: "21 Gaze quotes by Lois McMaster Bujold. Plus more from Lois McMaster Bujold and more Gaze sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_apology_are-you-saying-i-should-run-after-her-cr_2038995.jpg" --- > [“Are you saying I should run after her?” “Crawl, actually, if I were you,” recommended Aral. “Crawl fast. Slither under her door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/are-you-saying-i-should-run-after-her-crawl-actually-if-i-were-you/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_apology_are-you-saying-i-should-run-after-her-cr_2038995.jpg) > [“Professora.” Miles ducked a nod to her, smiling in turn. “Is she here? Is she in? Is she well? You said this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/professora-miles-ducked-a-nod-to-her-smiling-in-turn-is-she-here-is/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_time_professora-miles-ducked-a-nod-to-her-smi_2066796.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/he-told-mark-he-s-courting-her-in-secret-martya-put-in-to-the/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/954/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_quote_he-told-mark-he-s-courting-her-in-secret_228482.jpg) > [“A modest frugal retirement for a loyal Imperial bureaucrat?” said Pidge. “And yet your mother so wealthy.” “Doesn’t bother her,” Ivan said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/a-modest-frugal-retirement-for-a-loyal-imperial-bureaucrat-said-pidge/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_important-things_a-modest-frugal-retirement-for-a-loyal-i_1207453.jpg) > [“So . . . if you spurned a miracle because it seemed to come too easily, would you ever get another? She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-seemed-to-come-too-easily/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dear-god_so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-s_2752850.jpg) > [“It would be almost a public service to dangle the alternatives in front of the widow before Miles got her mind all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-dangle-the-alternatives-in/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_front-door_it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-d_1693608.jpg) > [“Welcome to my gates, Ista dy Chalion. I am the Mother of Jokona.” Her hand lifted from the girl’s head, flicked out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am-the-mother-of-jokona-her/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_demon_welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am_2385056.jpg) > [“Back in what he was starting to think of as their cabinet, Miles encountered Ekaterin returning from the shower, dressed again in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of-as-their-cabinet-miles/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_gaze_back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of_323461.jpg) > [“Miles’s pause had lasted just a little too long. Genially taking his turn to fill it, Illyan turned to Ekaterin. “Speaking of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-too-long-genially-taking-his/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_last-year_miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-t_1736750.jpg) > [“But gifts can be victories, can’t they. It’s what you said. The garden could have been your gift, a dowry of talent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it-s-what-you-said-the-garden/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dreams_but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it_944263.jpg) > [“Ekaterin glanced back over her shoulder. “He didn’t look very well this morning, Pym. You really shouldn’t have let him get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder-he-didn-t-look-very-well-this/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_point-of-view_ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder_1685764.jpg) > [“You would -- you would take him into Your heaven, my lord?" asked Ingrey in astonishment and outrage. "He slew, not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-heaven-my-lord-asked-ingrey-in/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_justice_you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-h_1671707.jpg) > [“Is your claustrophobia better now?” Delia asked Ivan Xav, more in a tone of curiosity than concern. Ivan Xav gritted his teeth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia-asked-ivan-xav-more-in-a-tone/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_better-now_is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia_2708915.jpg) > [“Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/miles-had-sworn-his-officer-s-oath-to-the-emperor-less-than-two-weeks/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_mountains_miles-had-sworn-his-officer-s-oath-to-th_1099579.jpg) > [“—but not to you. That makes me the only person here who can talk to everybody. How . . . nice. Do tell me about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-person-here-who-can-talk-to/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_bad-taste_but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-pe_1616859.jpg) > [“Mysterious death, yes, you suspected something even then, I knew it!” With a wave of his hand, he overrode her hasty attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-something-even-then-i-knew-it-with/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_death_mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-somet_3132169.jpg) > [“Wait." He paused, and she held out a hand to him. His thick fingers engulfed her tapering ones; his skin was warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-to-him-his-thick-fingers/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_first-kiss_wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-t_975816.jpg) > [“Tej nodded again. “Then he turned up on my front steps. I thought he might be a capper stalking me. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my-front-steps-i-thought-he/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_forgive-forget_tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my_1679077.jpg) > [“Rish glanced uneasily at the outside door. “We can’t stay here. Someone else could come in or out at any moment. Better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/rish-glanced-uneasily-at-the-outside-door-we-can-t-stay-here-someone/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_first-date_rish-glanced-uneasily-at-the-outside-doo_1665603.jpg) > [“Aunt Lorna buys all our shoes big to grow into," Mina explained to Miles-san. "That's why they slip around like that." Lieutenant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-grow-into-mina-explained-to/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_black-hair_aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-gro_1494179.jpg) > [“Vormurtos leaned on the frame with his arms crossed, and failed to move aside. At Miles's polite, "Excuse us, please," Vormurtos pursed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/vormurtos-leaned-on-the-frame-with-his-arms-crossed-and-failed-to/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_miles-vorkosigan_vormurtos-leaned-on-the-frame-with-his-a_1441994.jpg) ## Other authors on Gaze ## More by Lois McMaster Bujold > [What you are is a question only you can answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/what-you-are-is-a-question-only-you-can-answer/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/never-do-yourself-what-you-can-con-professionals-into-doing-for-you/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/it-reminded-him-of-that-definition-of-his-father-s-a-weapon-is-a/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/i-was-imagining-the-most-bizarre-things-befalling-you-did-they/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/there-is-a-sad-disconnectedness-that-overcomes-a-library-when-its/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“No, amusing me only, I wonder if they realize how they are used?" "Not a bit. They think they are the emperors of creation."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/no-amusing-me-only-i-wonder-if-they-realize-how-they-are-used-not-a/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/you-bastards-are-on-the-top-of-imperial-lord-auditor-miles-vorkosigan/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/anyway-if-the-cetagandans-really-wanted-to-assassinate-you-they-d/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/endure-pain-find-joy-and-make-your-own-meaning-because-the-universe/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/your-reverence-i-do-not-hate-any-man-in-this-world-enough-to-inflict/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/i-always-thought-my-parents-could-fix-anything-now-it-s-my-turn-dear/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“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.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/i-think-it-is-not-so-much-the-growth-of-virtue-as-simply-the/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“Mark’s ideas tended to the bland, and there was no point in asking Miles, whose embittered suggestions all ran to things like Vomit Vanilla…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/mark-s-ideas-tended-to-the-bland-and-there-was-no-point-in-asking/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/the-dead-cannot-cry-out-for-justice-it-is-a-duty-of-the-living-to-do/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) > [“Gardens were meant to be seen, smelled, walked through, grubbed in. A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/gardens-were-meant-to-be-seen-smelled-walked-through-grubbed-in-a/) [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-mcmaster-bujold/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gaze/lois-mcmaster-bujold/#itemlist", "name": "21 Gaze Quotes By Lois McMaster Bujold", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Are you saying I should run after her?” “Crawl, actually, if I were you,” recommended Aral. “Crawl fast. Slither under her door, go belly-up, let her stomp on you till she gets it out of her system. Then apologize some more. You may yet save the situation.” Aral’s eyes were openly alight with amusement now. “What do you call that? 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She suspected not. Hang on to this one, then. Hang on for all you’re worth. Their breathing slowed in their shared warmth; that was good. “You know what I like best about you, Ivan Xav?” she asked, newly shy in her illumination. He turned his chin into her hair in an inquiring sort of way. “My shiny groundcar? My Vorish insouciance? My astounding sexual prowess? My . . . my mother? Dear God, you’re not taking me for the sake of getting my um-stepfather?” “Well, I do like them both very much, but no. What I like best about you, Ivan Xav, is that you’re nice. And you make me laugh.” She smiled now, into his shoulder.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-seemed-to-come-too-easily/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dear-god_so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-s_2752850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dear-god_so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-s_2752850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dear-god_so-if-you-spurned-a-miracle-because-it-s_2752850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So . . . if you spurned a miracle because it seemed to come too easily, would you ever get another? 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By the time Pym let him out the front door, Ivan was smiling again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-dangle-the-alternatives-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_front-door_it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-d_1693608.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_front-door_it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-d_1693608.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_front-door_it-would-be-almost-a-public-service-to-d_1693608.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It would be almost a public service to dangle the alternatives in front of the widow before Miles got her…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Welcome to my gates, Ista dy Chalion. I am the Mother of Jokona.” Her hand lifted from the girl’s head, flicked out, fingers spreading. Within Ista, the god unfolded. Her second sight burst anew upon Ista’s mind like a dazzling lightning stroke, brilliant beyond hope, revealing an eerie landscape. She saw it all, at one glance: the dozen demons, the swirling, crackling lines of power, the agonized souls, Joen’s dark, dense, writhing passenger. The thirteenth demon, spinning wildly through the air toward her, trailing its evil umbilicus. Ista opened her jaws in a fierce grin, and took it in a gulp. “Welcome to mine, Joen of Jokona,” said Ista. “I am the Mouth of Hell.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am-the-mother-of-jokona-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_demon_welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am_2385056.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_demon_welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am_2385056.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_demon_welcome-to-my-gates-ista-dy-chalion-i-am_2385056.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Welcome to my gates, Ista dy Chalion. I am the Mother of Jokona.” Her hand lifted from the girl’s head…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Back in what he was starting to think of as their cabinet, Miles encountered Ekaterin returning from the shower, dressed again in her red tunic and leggings. They maneuvered for a kiss, and he said, “I’ve acquired an involuntary appointment. I have to go stationside almost immediately.” “You will remember to put on pants?” He glanced down at his bare legs. “Planned to, yeah.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of-as-their-cabinet-miles/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_gaze_back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of_323461.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_gaze_back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of_323461.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_gaze_back-in-what-he-was-starting-to-think-of_323461.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Back in what he was starting to think of as their cabinet, Miles encountered Ekaterin returning from the…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Miles’s pause had lasted just a little too long. Genially taking his turn to fill it, Illyan turned to Ekaterin. “Speaking of weddings, Madame Vorsoisson, how long has Miles been courting you? Have you awarded him a date yet? Personally, I think you ought to string him along and make him work for it.” A chill flush plunged to the pit of Miles’s stomach. Alys bit her lip. Even Galeni winced. Olivia looked up in confusion. “I thought we weren’t supposed to mention that yet.” Kou, next to her, muttered, “Hush, lovie.” Lord Dono, with malicious Vorrutyer innocence, turned to her and inquired, “What weren’t we supposed to mention?” “Oh, but if Captain Illyan said it, it must be all right,” Olivia concluded. Captain Illyan had his brains blown out last year, thought Miles. He is not all right. All right is precisely what he is not . . . Her gaze crossed Miles’s. “Or maybe . . .” Not, Miles finished silently for her. Ekaterin”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-too-long-genially-taking-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_last-year_miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-t_1736750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_last-year_miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-t_1736750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a95/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_last-year_miles-s-pause-had-lasted-just-a-little-t_1736750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Miles’s pause had lasted just a little too long. 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It wasn’t just honest, it was naked. With”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it-s-what-you-said-the-garden/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dreams_but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it_944263.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dreams_but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it_944263.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_dreams_but-gifts-can-be-victories-can-t-they-it_944263.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But gifts can be victories, can’t they. It’s what you said. 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Was Pym hinting that his lord had such an ingénue in his eye, and his staff was worried it was some sort of mismatch?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder-he-didn-t-look-very-well-this/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_point-of-view_ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder_1685764.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_point-of-view_ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder_1685764.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_point-of-view_ekaterin-glanced-back-over-her-shoulder_1685764.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ekaterin glanced back over her shoulder. “He didn’t look very well this morning, Pym. You really shouldn’t…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You would -- you would take him into Your heaven, my lord?\" asked Ingrey in astonishment and outrage. \"He slew, not in defense of his own life, but in malice and madness. He tried to steal powers not rightly given to him. If I guess right, he plotted the death of his own brother. He would have raped Ijada, if he could, and killed again for his sport!\" The Son held up his hands. Luminescent, they seemed, as if dappled by autumn sun reflecting off a stream into shade. \"My grace flows from me as a river, wolf-lord. Would you have me dole it out in the exact measure that men earn, as from an apothecary's dropper? Would you stand in pure water to your waist, and administer it by the scant spoon to men dying of thirst on a parched shore?\" Ingrey stood silent, abashed, but Ijada lifted her face, and said steadily, \"No, my lord, for my part. Give him to the river. Tumble him down in the thunder of Your cataract. His loss is no gain of mine, nor his dark deserving any joy to me.\" The god smiled brilliantly at her. Tears slid down her face like silver threads: like benedictions. \"It is unjust,\" whispered Ingrey. \"Unfair to all who -- who would try to do rightly…\" \"Ah, but I am not the god for justice,\" murmured the Son. \"Would you both stand before my Father instead?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-heaven-my-lord-asked-ingrey-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_justice_you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-h_1671707.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_justice_you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-h_1671707.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_justice_you-would-you-would-take-him-into-your-h_1671707.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You would -- you would take him into Your heaven, my lord?\" asked Ingrey in astonishment and outrage. \"He…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Is your claustrophobia better now?” Delia asked Ivan Xav, more in a tone of curiosity than concern. Ivan Xav gritted his teeth. “I do not have claustrophobia. Thank you very much, Delia. There’s nothing irrational about it. . . . About me.” “But Miles said—” “I have an allergy to total strangers trying to kill me, is all. One that Miles shares, I might point out.” Delia’s lips twisted. “I don’t know, Ivan. I think Miles actually gets rather excited by that.” “You may be right,” agreed Galeni. “Do you suppose it’s the attention?” said Delia. “He does like to be at the center.” Ivan Xav choked into his own napkin at this one, and was drawn away from his little moment of irate by uniting with this old friend in trading scurrilous observations about The Coz, none of which, Tej noticed, Galeni tried to gainsay.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia-asked-ivan-xav-more-in-a-tone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_better-now_is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia_2708915.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_better-now_is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia_2708915.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_better-now_is-your-claustrophobia-better-now-delia_2708915.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is your claustrophobia better now?” Delia asked Ivan Xav, more in a tone of curiosity than concern. Ivan Xav…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his secret mind he had imagined himself keeping that oath through blazing battle, enemy torture, what-have-you, even while sharing cynical cracks afterwards with Ivan about archaic dress swords and the sort of people who insisted on wearing them. But in the dark of subtler temptations, those that hurt without heroism for consolation, he foresaw, the Emperor would no longer be the symbol of Barrayar in his heart. Peace to you, small lady, he thought to Raina. You've won a twisted poor modern knight, to wear your favor on his sleeve. But it's a twisted poor world we were both born into, that rejects us without mercy and ejects us without consultation. At least I won't just tilt at windmills for you. I'll send in sappers to mine the twirling suckers, and blast them into the sky… He knew who he served now. And why he could not quit. 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That makes me the only person here who can talk to everybody. How . . . nice. Do tell me about the drains, dear Pym. Don’t tell me they backed up again.” Ekaterin slipped the envelope into the inside pocket of her bolero, leaned her elbow on her chair arm and her chin on her hand, and sat listening with her dark eyebrows crinkling. Pym nodded. “I’m afraid so, Miss Martya. Late last night, Dr. Borgos”—Pym’s lips compressed at the name—“being in a great hurry to return to the search for his missing queen, took two days’ harvest of bug butter—about forty or fifty kilos, we estimated later—which was starting to overflow the hutches on account of Miss Kareen not being there to take care of things properly, and flushed it all down the laboratory drain. Where it encountered some chemical conditions which caused it to . . . set. Like soft plaster. Entirely blocking the main drain, which, in a household with over fifty people in it—all the Viceroy and Vicereine’s staff having arrived yesterday, and my fellow armsmen and their families—caused a pretty immediate and pressing crisis.” Martya had the bad taste to giggle. Pym merely looked prim.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-person-here-who-can-talk-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_bad-taste_but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-pe_1616859.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_bad-taste_but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-pe_1616859.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_bad-taste_but-not-to-you-that-makes-me-the-only-pe_1616859.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“—but not to you. That makes me the only person here who can talk to everybody. How . . . nice. Do tell me…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Mysterious death, yes, you suspected something even then, I knew it!” With a wave of his hand, he overrode her hasty attempt to interject an accidental in place of that ill-chosen mysterious. “Believe me, I understand your hideous dilemma perfectly. You don’t dare accuse the all-powerful Vorkosigan, the mutie lord.” Vormoncrief scowled at the name. “God knows what retaliation he could inflict on you. But Ekaterin, I have powerful relatives too! I came to offer you—and Nikki—my protection. Take my hand—trust me”—he opened his arms, reaching for her—“and together, I swear we can bring this little monster to justice!” Ekaterin sputtered, momentarily beyond words, and looked around frantically for a weapon. The only one that suggested itself was the fireplace poker, but whether to whap it on his skull or jam it up his ass . . . ? Nikki was crying openly now, thin strained sobs, and Vormoncrief stood between them. She began to dodge around him; ill-advisedly, Vormoncrief tried to wrap her lovingly in his arms. “Ow!” he cried, as the heel of her hand crunched into his nose, with all the strength of her arm behind it. It didn’t drive his nasal bone up into his brain and kill him on the spot the way the books said—she hadn’t really thought it would—but at least his nose began to swell and bleed. He grabbed both her wrists before she could muster aim and power for a second try. He was forced to hold them tight, and apart, as she struggled against his grip.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-something-even-then-i-knew-it-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_death_mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-somet_3132169.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_death_mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-somet_3132169.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_death_mysterious-death-yes-you-suspected-somet_3132169.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mysterious death, yes, you suspected something even then, I knew it!” With a wave of his hand, he overrode…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Wait.\" He paused, and she held out a hand to him. 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It hurts so much when you stop.\" \"Well, let me...\" his hand stroked her hair, gently, then desperately wrapped itself in a shimmering coil; they kissed again.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-to-him-his-thick-fingers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_first-kiss_wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-t_975816.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_first-kiss_wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-t_975816.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_first-kiss_wait-he-paused-and-she-held-out-a-hand-t_975816.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wait.\" He paused, and she held out a hand to him. 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Ivan Xav pointedly ignored him.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my-front-steps-i-thought-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_forgive-forget_tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my_1679077.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_forgive-forget_tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my_1679077.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_forgive-forget_tej-nodded-again-then-he-turned-up-on-my_1679077.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tej nodded again. “Then he turned up on my front steps. I thought he might be a capper stalking me. 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Improvise!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lois McMaster Bujold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-mcmaster-bujold/aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-grow-into-mina-explained-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_black-hair_aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-gro_1494179.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_black-hair_aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-gro_1494179.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/lois-mcmaster-bujold-716_black-hair_aunt-lorna-buys-all-our-shoes-big-to-gro_1494179.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Aunt Lorna buys all our shoes big to grow into,\" Mina explained to Miles-san. \"That's why they slip around…” — Lois McMaster Bujold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Vormurtos leaned on the frame with his arms crossed, and failed to move aside. At Miles's polite, \"Excuse us, please,\" Vormurtos pursed his lips in exaggerated irony. \"Why not? Everyone else has. It seems if you are Vorkosigan enough, you can even get away with murder.\" Ekaterin stiffened unhappily. Miles hesitated a fractional moment, considering responses: explanation, outrage, protest? Argument in a hallway with a half-potted fool? No. I am Aral Vorkosigan's son, after all. Instead, he stared up unblinkingly, and breathed, \"So if you truly believe that, why are you standing in my way?\" Vormurtos's inebriated sneer drained away, to be replaced by a belated wariness. With an effort at insouciance that he did not quite bring off, he unfolded himself, and opened his hand to wave the couple past. When Miles bared his teeth in an edged smile, he backed up an extra and involuntary step. Miles shifted Ekaterin to his other side and strode past without looking back. Ekaterin glanced over her shoulder once, as they made their way down the corridor. 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