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“Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.”
― Barrayar
― Barrayar

“The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.”
― The Curse of Chalion
― The Curse of Chalion

“When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.”
― Memory
― Memory

“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.”
― The Curse of Chalion
― The Curse of Chalion

“The really unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, or anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present — they are real.”
― Shards of Honour
― Shards of Honour
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