Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
war coffee winning
The Imperial Service could win a war without coffee, but would prefer not to have to.
jobs done rewards
Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.
fate
I am not a fate worse than death, dammit!
pain garden soul
When the souls rise up in glory, yours shall not be shunned nor sunderered, but shall be the prize of the gods' gardens. Even your darkness shall be treasured then, and all your pain made holy.
honesty doe ifs
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?
achieve overachieving
Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving.
way momentum strategy
Forward momentum only worked as a strategy if one had correctly identified which way was forward.
mistake stupid ignorance
The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.
too-short
He's not too short. He's just... concentrated.
lying integrity heart
This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.
writing best-things including
One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially the failures.
roots culture liberation
I am increasingly convinced that technological culture is the entire root of women's liberation.
wealth true-wealth
All true wealth is biological.
sorry pain love-you
I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.