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If I got assassinated now," he shrugged helplessly, "my father would kill me."
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What the hell was HQ thinking of? It seemed extraordinarily obtuse even for them.
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Can you be paranoid about being paranoid?"She smiled sweetly. "If anyone can, it's you."
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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I'm not responsible for my weird ancestors. Quite the reverse. Exactly the inverse.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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It just happens to be very important to me to win with the hand I was dealt.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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He seems to have this strange difficulty grasping that I actually mean what I say.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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The will to be stupid is a very powerful force--
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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2fc8e7b
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You are what you do. Choose again, and change.
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They are the most insidious propagandists ever to cloak self-serving greed with pseudo-patriotism.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Permanent justice is well worth a temporary offended protest, I can assure you, Lieutenant.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Do you see assassination as an option, sir?""A compelling one."
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Some stand-offs," said Galen, "are more equal than others."
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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b93ea47
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Men met energy wave with predictable results.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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3f883b8
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Be careful who you pretend to be. You might become it.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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2844279
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I grant you he's a genius, but don't you dare try to tell me he's sane.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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6c4c32a
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Don't attempt to camouflage your real blame by taking more than your share.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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6ee25f0
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Lady Peace is the first hostage taken when economic discomfort rises.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is...the higher achievement.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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I swear," Mark whispered, "excess suspicion makes us bigger fools than excess trust does."
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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If anyone was sane here, he swore it was by accident.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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His taste for heavily-armed girlfriends did have potential drawbacks.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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b3e3bad
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Never give aversion therapy to a masochist. The results are unpredictable.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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You can tell you're alive when somebody touches you back.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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They hesitated. Ah, the downside of perfect obedience: crippled initiative.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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9094cd7
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Yet being beaten by your student was the ultimate victory, for a teacher.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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bef2d84
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I wouldn't be lying. I'd just be editing my report for length.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Well, if you couldn't be good, at least you could be discreet.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Self-sedation seemed to require more alcohol than it used to, a problem easily remedied.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Well, good going with your captaincy. I know you worked for it, even though you pretend not to.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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The last thing a monster wanted was a fellow to follow him around all day long with a mirror.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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General. Prudence is one thing. Paranoia that can't tell friend from foe is quite another.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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3b35ad7
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I despise internal investigations. Even if you win, you lose.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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fb6ebcb
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I elect to be...myself.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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69cb4ac
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I was never a mercenary, not ever. Not for one single minute.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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b952dfd
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But I am not my father. I don't have to repeat his mistakes; I can invent bright-new ones.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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f51f77f
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People complaining about their spouses always looked and sounded so ugly.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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5e158b6
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Power corrupts, but we want energy.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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f719283
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Love was long gone, in her. She got by on a starvation diet of loyalty these days.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Cynicism did not seem nearly so impressively daring to her now as it had when she was twenty.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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The laws of physics took precedence over heroic intent for the next couple of seconds.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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ffb989b
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I am not here to vent my feelings. I am here to achieve my goals.
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Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Aim high. You may still miss the target but at least you won't shoot your foot off.
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