Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold

What you are is a question only you can answer.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

— 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…

— 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…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.

— 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."…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Your Reverence, I do not hate any man in this world enough to inflict the results of my prayers upon him.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“I always thought my parents could fix anything. Now it's my turn. Dear God, how did this happen?”

— 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.”…

— Lois McMaster Bujold