“Things going well for your side, are they?”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
She asked, oppressed. “We’re becoming nicely overextended. Some people regard that as progress.”
Chapter 8 (p. 129)
Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)
“Three things trust and cherish well-
The horse on which you ride,
The beast that guards and watches,
And your shield-mate at your side.”
— Mercedes Lackey, book By the Sword
Source: By the Sword
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