“When the time came to leap in faith, whether you had your eyes open or closed or screamed all the way down or not made no practical difference.”

— 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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