Hunting hawks did not belong in cages, no matter how much a man coveted their grace, no matter how golden the bars. They were far more beautiful soaring free. Heartbreakingly beautiful.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés unrequited-love hawk cage miles-vorkosigan bujold warrior-s-apprentice
It was all sympathetic magic. When you couldn't do something truly useful, you tended to vent the pent-up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés dressing
[Ivan: ] ”... you haven't let the lack of half-marks stop you. Or the rules. Or respect for reality, as afar as I can tell.”
[Miles:] ”I never let anything stop me. That's how you get what you want, Ivan. No one's going to just hand it to you.
There's something to that in both directions," said Ekaterin mildly. "Nothing is more guaranteed to make one start acting like a child than to be treated like one. It's so infuriating. It took me the longest time to figure out how to stop falling into that trap."
"Yes, exactly," said Kareen eagerly. "You understand! So—how did you make them stop?"
"You can't make them—whoever your particular them is—do anything, really," said Ekaterin slowly. "Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste . . . years, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just . . . take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that, and walk away. But that's hard.
Mots clés family adulthood mental-health dysfunctional-families
It wasn't a case of storming heaven. It was a case of letting heaven storm you.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés mysticism
stupidity can be as bad as malice
Lois McMaster Bujold—Pero el dolor... no me parece motivo suficiente para dejar que la vida pase de largo. Cuando uno está muerto no siente dolor. Al igual que el tiempo, el dolor pasará de todos modos. La pregunta es, ¿cuántos momentos gloriosos eres capaz de arrebatarle a la vida a pesar del dolor?
Lois McMaster BujoldIt’s true that if your religion failed to deliver a miracle, that a human sacrifice would certainly follow."
"Ah...quite. You are a man of acute insight."
"That’s not insight. That’s a personal guarantee.
Mots clés truth insightful religion miracles failure insight guarantees human-sacrifice guarantee failure-is-not-an-option
I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe."
"'Know thyself.'"
"We try, sir.
Mots clés insanity funny know-thyself schizo manic-depressive
I’m not panicking. I’m watching you panic. It’s more entertaining.
Lois McMaster BujoldMots clés panic amusing don-t-panic
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