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Vorkosigan Saga

Lois McMaster Bujold

The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. The first of these was published in 1986 and the most recent in May 2018. Works in the series have received numerous awards and nominations, including five Hugo award wins including one for Best Series.

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“You're so hopelessly monosexual, Miles.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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“Vorreedi stated dangerously, "I am not a mushroom, Lieutenant Vorkosigan."
To be kept in the dark and fed on horseshit, right. Miles sighed inwardly.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Cetaganda (1996)

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“Marriage was a lottery, and you drew your lot in late adolescence or early adulthood at a point of maximum idiocy and confusion.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)

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“The cream pie of justice flies one way.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)

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“She's just as bad as he is! God help me.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Winterfair Gifts (2008)

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“When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a godlike being, not a, a… future subordinate. New ensigns were supposed to be a subhuman species anyway.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)

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“I'm just dazzled by the glittering tinsel of neo-fascism.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)

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“When you can see the colors of the feathers, you'll also understand how you can expand your borders to infinity.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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“What you are is a question only you can answer.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)

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“We don't just march on the future, we charge it.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)

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“"Is this guy for real?"
"He thinks he's faking it, but he's not."”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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“I have no right to risk. No, that's not quite correct. I have no right to failure. And I don't trust myself anymore. I don't know what's happened to my edge. Lost it in a strange land.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar (1991)

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“Am I reading too much into all that innuendo, or did you in fact just connive to assassinate Gregor in one breath, offer to cuckold him in the next, accuse your father of homosexuality, suggest a patricidal plot against him, and league yourself with Cavilo -- what are you going to do for an encore?”

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"Depends on the straight lines."
Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)

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“All true wealth is biological.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Mirror Dance (1994)

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“As God is my witness, when I am laid to my rest, I hope my best beloved will have better to say of me than "He never hit me."”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Komarr (1998)

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“With all this manure around, there's got to be a pony someplace.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Barrayar (1991)

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“A good friend of my son's is a son to me.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Ethan of Athos (1986)

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“You have to be careful who you let define your good.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)

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“I guess it just doesn't look very heroic to sneak up behind somebody and shoot them in the back. I can't help thinking it would be more efficient, though.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)

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“It just happens to be very important to me to win with the hand I was dealt.”

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Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)