“Maybe only love gave you more than what you’d dealt for.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012), Chapter 22 (p. 492)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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