Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés inspirational sci-fi vorkosigan
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
Lois McMaster BujoldWhen the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés humor
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune.
Lois McMaster BujoldNever do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.
Lois McMaster BujoldThis is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.
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But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?
Lois McMaster BujoldMoney, power, sex ... and elephants.
Lois McMaster BujoldFor Berry, you just be there, Whit. Be the one person in the wide green world she doesn't have to explain it to, because you were there and saw it all for yourself. Hand her a clean cloth if she cries or bleeds, and some warm thing for the pain that doubles her over. The time to hold her will come. This day isn't over yet.
Lois McMaster BujoldOne step at a time,” Vorkosigan returned grimly, “I can walk around the world. Watch me.
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