“I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar (1991), Chapter 18 (p. 549)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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