“Women shouldn’t be in combat, said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. Neither should men, in my opinion.”

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 14 (p. 223)

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“Women shouldn’t be in combat, said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. Neither should men, in my opinion.”

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