Quotes from workVorkosigan Saga
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.
“Total strangers trying to kill me make me feel right at home.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)
“Were you born inhuman, or did you grow so by degrees — M. S., M. D., Ph. D…”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988)
“Let he who is without sin cast the first lure.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)
“A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)
“God's not here. Somebody's got to fill in.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988)
“I don't hate him. I can't say I worship him, either. But when he's cut, I bleed.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
She paused a long time, and looked up to meet her mother’s eyes squarely. “But when he’s cut, I bleed.”
Chapter 12 (p. 184)
Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)
“Mine is not a theology of the elect. I intend to preach to the masses. Even the sinners.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)
“Pain hurts, sir. I don't court it.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, The Vor Game (1990)
“If it ever came down to exerting power by force, it would mean I'd already lost it.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986), Chapter 3 (p. 40)
“I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Shards of Honor (1986)
“Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)
“Egalitarians adjust to aristocracies just fine, as long as they get to be the aristocrats.”
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Vorkosigan Saga, Cetaganda (1996)
