“I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.”

—  Lois McMaster Bujold, book The warrior's Apprentice

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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