Lois McMaster
Lois McMaster
revenge past reaching
Power is better than revenge. Power is a live thing, by which you reach out to grasp the future. Revenge is a dead thing, reaching out from the past to grasp you.
judging lasts may
When I go down into the ground at last, as God is my judge, I pray my best-beloved may have better to say of me than, "He didn't hit me."
firsts retreat surprise
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
men events young
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
humility heart secret
You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
atheist simple atheism
I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.
happiness pain fall
You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.
integrity love-life caught
Like integrity, love of life was not a subject to be studied, it was a contagion to be caught. And you had to catch it from someone who had it.
life cutting son
Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.
elbows panic miles
Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .
justice want way
I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” - Jimi Hendrix, “The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
people technique plot
I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?'
action you-choose consequence
When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.
stupid ignorance feelings
Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.