Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
feet age way
One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.
lying men law
Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie-detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool the metal.
sight first-impression matter
A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.
understanding action
Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.
sight reason redundant
Second sight is redundant to reason anyway.
dream airports anxiety
Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.
rap thinking people
Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.
civilization useless energy
When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.
sleep soldier next
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.
growing favors merit
As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor
party soul dinner
My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.
military evil people
Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.
giving hook embedded
The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.
missing missing-something extraordinary
Read, or you will be missing something extraordinary.