Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
life home people
My home is not a place, it is people.
pain faces embrace
The good face pain. But the great? They embrace it.
liars men thinking
But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone.
running want way
If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.
feet missing may
Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.
grief weapons doe
Miles exhaled carefully, faint with rage and reminded grief. He does not know, he told himself. He cannot know... "Ivan, one of these days somebody is going to pull out a weapon and plug you, and you're going to die in bewilderment, crying, "What did I say? What did I say?" "What did I say?" asked Ivan indignantly.
I am who I choose to be. I have always been what I chose, though not always what I pleased.
men choices may
Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure.
greatness perfection achievement
I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is…the higher achievement.
friendship people resistance
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
pain winning disability
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?
love winning giving
When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.
revenge phrases bags
Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge
mean names needs
I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.