“I don't hate him. I can't say I worship him, either. But when he's cut, I bleed.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga

She paused a long time, and looked up to meet her mother’s eyes squarely. “But when he’s cut, I bleed.”

Chapter 12 (p. 184)
Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)

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