Alternatives Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold

“The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.”

Lois McMaster Bujold

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“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…

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

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“No, amusing me only, I wonder if they realize how they are used?" "Not a bit. They think they are the emperors of creation."…

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“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…

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“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…

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

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

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

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“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.”…

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