“No amount of money can make one stay bought. Who does not freely choose to.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012), Chapter 24 (p. 540)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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