Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
pain thinking people
I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around him.
eyebrows differences long
And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.
keys decision lessons
Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.
blessing views point-of-view
Well, what is a blessing but a curse from another point of view?
feelings serendipity target
It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.
reality matter
Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.
friendship real adversity
Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
time watches world
One step at a time, I can walk around the world. Watch me.
company-you-keep differences heaven
The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.
honesty real skins
Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.
desire action wells
When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.
teaching learning reality
What you are is a question only you can answer.
inspirational army honor
An honor is not diminished for being shared.
powerful stupid alternatives
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.