“Acting or reacting, we carry him in us. You can't walk away from him any more than I can. Whether you travel toward or away, he'll be the compass.”

—  Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)
Context: Acting or reacting, we carry him in us. You can't walk away from him any more than I can. Whether you travel toward or away, he'll be the compass. He'll be the glass, full of subtle colors and astigmatisms, through which all new things will be viewed. I too have a father who haunts me, and I know.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Acting or reacting, we carry him in us. You can't walk away from him any more than I can. Whether you travel toward or …" by Lois McMaster Bujold?
Lois McMaster Bujold photo
Lois McMaster Bujold 383
Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

Related quotes

Annie Dillard photo

“Admire the world for never ending on you -- as you would an opponent, without taking your eyes away from him, or walking away.”

Annie Dillard (1945) American writer

Source: The Writing Life

Jair Bolsonaro photo

“I would beat him. You can be sure of that. If acting with energy is torturing, he'll be tortured.”

Jair Bolsonaro (1955) Brazilian president elect

About if one of his sons used drugs, in an interview to the program CQC on Band. Bolsonaro diz na TV que seus filhos não 'correm risco' de namorar negras ou virar gays porque foram 'muito bem educados' https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/bolsonaro-diz-na-tv-que-seus-filhos-nao-correm-risco-de-namorar-negras-ou-virar-gays-porque-foram-muito-bem-educados-2804755; O Globo (29 March 2011).

Arthur Miller photo

“Sometimes… it's better for a man just to walk away.
But if you can't walk away?
I guess that's when it's tough.”

Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman

Source: Death of a Salesman

Margaret Atwood photo

“I walk away from him. It's enormously pleasing to me, this walking away. It's like being able to make people appear and vanish, at will.”

Margaret Atwood book Cat's Eye

Source: Cat's Eye

Jim Butcher photo

“There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.”

Jim Butcher book Death Masks

Source: Death Masks

Arthur Miller photo

“A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that cause him remorse.”

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States
V. V. S. Laxman photo

“When Laman bats, you just watch him and tell yourself not to carried away.”

V. V. S. Laxman (1974) former Indian cricketer

Sachin Tendulkar http://www.scrolldroll.com/quotes-about-vvs-laxman-that-show-he-is-truly-very-very-special/

Margaret Atwood photo

“Kill what you can't save
what you can't eat throw out
what you can't throw out bury

What you can't bury give away
what you can't give away you must carry with you,
it is always heavier than you thought.”

Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer

Source: You are Happy

Russell L. Ackoff photo

“In reactive problem solving we walk into the future facing the past — we move away from, rather than toward, something. This often results in unforseen consequences that are more distasteful than the deficiencies removed.”

Russell L. Ackoff (1919–2009) Scientist

1970s, The Art of Problem Solving, 1978

Haruki Murakami photo

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”

Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist

Source: After the Quake

Related topics