“I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 11 (p. 162)

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