Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
trying littles know-thyself
I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.
missing wish minutes
I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.
pain joy endure
Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it.
beautiful taken reflection
We should have taken our chances back then, when we were young and beautiful and didn't even know it.
running giving bleeding
Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.
needs models
Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.
time sticks littles
You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.
boys soldier risk
I don’t duel, boy. I kill as a soldier kills, which is as a butcher kills, as quickly, efficiently, and with as least risk to myself as I can arrange.
cost loses values
A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.
character men duty
I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself.
children reality our-children
Our children change us.. whether they live or not.
motivational heart my-heart
It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.
army weapons if-i-could
Yes," Vorkosigan agreed, "I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction.
children sorry maturity
Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste ears, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away. But that's hard